What We Know about Health Transition: The cultural, social and behavioural determinants of health 2 Volumes Edited by John C. Caldwell, Salley Findley, Pat Caldwell, Gigi Santow, Wendy Cosford, Jennifer Braid and Daphne Broers-Freeman AUS$ 42.50 (set) plus shipping Health Transition Series book number 2 13 August 2001 Series No. 2 (Vol. 1) What we know about health transition: the cultural, social and behavioural determinants of health Studying the Health Transition Lado Ruzicka and Penny Kane. Health transition: the course of morbidity and mortality. Pp. 1–26. Veena Das. What do we mean by health? Pp. 27–46. Sheila Ryan Johansson. Cultural software, institutional hardware, and health information processing in social systems. Pp. 47–84. Joseph E. Potter. Parallels between the health transition and the fertility transition. Pp. 85–91. Stephen J. Kunitz. The value of particularism in the study of the cultural, social and behavioural determinants of mortality. Pp. 92–109. Historical Experience of the West Robert Woods. The role of public health initiatives in the nineteenth-century mortality decline. Pp. 110–115. Douglas C. Ewbank and Samuel H. Preston. Personal health behaviour and the decline in infant and child mortality: the United States, 1900–1930. Pp. 116–149. Etienne van de Walle and Francine van de Walle. The private and the public child. Pp. 150–164. James C. Riley. long-term morbidity and mortality trends: inverse health transitions. Pp. 165–188. Health Trends in the Developing World Alberto Palloni. Health levels and care in Latin America: the case of infant mortality 1900–1985. Pp. 189–212. Peter Kunstadter and Sally Lennington Kunstadter. Health transitions in Thailand. Pp. 213–250. Pierre Cantrelle and Thrse Locoh. Cultural and social factors related to health in West Africa. Pp. 251–274. Paul Zimmet, S. Serjeantson, G. Dowse and C. Finch. Killed by the 'good life': the chronic disease epidemic — adverse effects of life-style change in developing Pacific nations. Pp. 275–284. Socio-political Elements of Health Ann V. Millard, Anne E. Ferguson and Stanley W. Khaila. Agricultural development and malnutrition: a causal model of child mortality. Pp. 285–310. Sally E. Findley. Social reflections of changing morbidity during health transitions. Pp. 311–329. Jere R. Behrman and Anil B. Deolalikar. Health, nutrition and macro-economic adjustment with a human face: the analytical basis for the UNICEF advocacy and a case comparison. Pp. 330–355. Moni Nag. Political awareness as a factor in accessibility of health services: a case study of rural Kerala and West Bengal. Pp. 356–377. Alan Gray. Australian Aboriginal families and the health-care system. Pp. 378–399. Relationship between Education and Health-related Behaviour John Cleland. Maternal education and child survival: further evidence and explanations. Pp. 400–419. Robert A. LeVine and Suzanne Dixon. Child survival in a Kenyan community: changing risks over thirty years. Pp. 420–424. Shirley Lindenbaum. Maternal education and health care processes in Bangladesh: the health and hygiene of the middle classes. Pp. 425–440. Monica Das Gupta. Death clustering, mother's education and the determinants of child mortality in rural Punjab, India. Pp. 441–461. Abbas Bhuiya, Kim Streatfield and Paul Meyer. Mothers' hygienic awareness, behaviour, and knowledge of major childhood diseases in Matlab, Bangladesh. Pp. 462–477. Christine Ewan. Lay knowledge and beliefs about heart disease and risk. Pp. 478–499. Series No. 2 (Vol. 2) What we know about health transition: the cultural, social and behavioural determinants of health Cultural Attitudes to Sickness and Health — A Case Study of Indonesia Terence H. Hull. Roots of primary health care institutions in Indonesia. Pp. 500–508. Ninuk Widyantoro and W. Sarwono Sarsanto. Cultural dimensions of an Indonesian family planning service. Pp. 509–514. Wirawan Sarwono Sarlito. Social psychological aspects of health and health care. Pp. 515–521. Yulfita Raharjo and Lorraine Corner. Cultural attitudes to health and sickness in public health programs: a demand–creation approach using data from West Aceh, Indonesia. Pp. 522–533. Social and Cultural Context of Health-related Behaviour John C. Caldwell, Pat Caldwell, Indra Gajanayake, I.O. Orubuloye, Indrani Pieris and P.H. Reddy. Cultural, social and behavioural determinants of health and their mechanisms: a report on related research programs. Pp. 534–541. Alaka M. Basu. Cultural influences on child health in a Delhi slum: in what way is urban poverty preferable to rural poverty? Pp. 542–560. Caroline Bledsoe. Differential care of children of previous unions within Mende households in Sierra Leone. Pp. 561–583. John W. Powles. The best of both worlds: attempting to explain the persisting low mortality of Greek migrants to Australia. Pp. 584–594. P.H. Reddy. Dietary practices during pregnancy, lactation and infancy: implications for health. Pp. 595–601. Peter Underwood and Dennis Gray. Barriers to health in North Yemen: what is the 'evidence' and what 'evidence' is wanted? Pp. 602–608. Sam Gaisie. Culture and health in sub-Saharan Africa. Pp. 609–627. Leela Visaria, Jyoti Anandjiwala and Anjana Desai. Socio-cultural determinants of health in rural Gujarat: results from a longitudinal study. Pp. 628–643. Maurice Eisenbruch. The role of cultural bereavement in health transition in a multicultural society. Pp. 644–656. Women's Empowerment and Health Ruthbeth Finerman. Who benefits from health-care decisions? Family medicine in an Andean Indian community. Pp. 657–668. Sheila Cosminsky. Women's health-care strategies on a Guatemalan plantation. Pp. 669–682. Barry M. Popkin and Rebecca Miles Doan. Women's roles, time allocation and health. Pp. 683–706. The Structure and Provision of Health Services John M. Janzen. Strategies of health seeking and structures of social support in Central and Southern Africa. Pp. 707–719. Donald Denoon. Creating medical issues: how do physical conditions become medical problems? Pp. 720–728. Anne Gadomski, Robert E. Black and W. Henry Mosley. Constraints to the potential impact of the direct interventions for child survival in developing countries. Pp. 729–741. Nick Higginbotham and Linda Connor. Culture accommodation of primary health care: a framework for assessing the contribution of patient-provider fit to health transitions. Pp. 742–755. Marilyn K. Nations and Monica Facanha Farias. Jeitinho brasileiro: cultural creativity and making the medical system work for poor Brazilians. Pp. 756–769. Ian Maddocks. What makes a patient good? Pp. 770–776. P.N. Sushama. Social context of health behaviour in Kerala. Pp. 777–787. Abusaleh Shariff. A few cultural concepts and socio-behavioural aspects of human health in India. Pp. 788–805. Kim Streatfield, Lamtiur H. Tampubolon and Charles Surjadi. Child health among the Jakarta poor. Pp. 806–819. Sandra M. Gifford. Cultural barriers to participating in cancer screening programs: a case study of breast and cervical screening among older Macedonian and Italian women living in Victoria, Australia. Pp. 820–825. Social and Behavioural Aspects of Specific Diseases Peter Aaby. Social and behavioural factors affecting transmission and severity of measles infection. Pp. 826–842. Jeroen K. van Ginneken. Behavioural factors affecting transmission and treatment of acute respiratory infections. Pp. 843–865. Barry Smith. The Victorian poliomyelitis epidemic 1937–38. Pp. 866–881. Robert Douglas. Acute respiratory infections: history, medicine and behaviour. Pp. 882–891. Basil S. Hetzel. Communication and social marketing in controlling iodine deficiency disorders. Pp. 892–895. Synthesis Methodology Alberto Palloni. Methodological problems in the study of the health transition. Pp. 896–898. Ian Maddocks. What to tell the epidemiologists. Pp. 899–900. Ian Diamond and Patty Solomon. Some contributions of statistics to the study of health transitions. Pp. 901–905. Shirley Lindenbaum. The view from anthropology. Pp. 906–908. Peter Berman. What to tell methodologists. Pp. 909–910. Policy Geoffrey McNicoll. Comments on policy aspects of health-transition research. Pp. 911–912. Robert Douglas. What to tell the policy makers. Pp. 913. Basil S. Hetzel. A case study in the development of health policy. Pp. 914–917. John Simons. Themes and issues for a sociology of the health transition. Pp. 918–929. Ordering Information Health Transition Centre books are for sale through the Demography and Sociology Program. Orders may be emailed to vanessa.mcgrath@anu.edu.au Fax orders can be made on: +61 2 6125 3031.