Allison R. Cantor

Tourism and Maternal Health

Customs, Beliefs, and Everyday Practices

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tourism and Maternal Health examines prenatal health in the Monteverde zone of Costa Rica in the context of a tourism-driven nutrition transition. Allison R. Cantor highlights the essential role of practice-oriented research in the complex relationship between global policy and community health.

Produktdetails

• Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9781793604255
• ISBN-10: 1793604258
• Artikelnr.: 57581274

Autorenporträt

Allison R. Cantor is instructor and research affiliate at Monteverde Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Introduction Chapter 1: The
Monteverde Zone Chapter 2: Tourism Chapter 3: The Nutrition Transition
Chapter 4: Expanding the Nutrition Transition Chapter 5: Customs Chapter 6:
Cultural Beliefs and Everyday Practices Chapter 7: Engaging in Practice:
Decision-Making and Human Agency Chapter 8: Tourism and Culture Change
Conclusion: Why Practice Matters Bibliography Index About the Author