ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHILD HEALTH (FOR STUDENTS MAJORING IN PEDIATRICS)

Abstract

Anthropology of child health is a section of medical anthropology. The proposed training course describes the key issues of this discipline, its subject field.

The course discusses the problems of neonatal, infant, child and adolescent health, the impact of social, economic, cultural and other factors on child health. The goal of the training course is to help medical students understand the importance of interdisciplinary research in the health sector. Students are encouraged to develop the ability to view health and healthcare as phenomena integrated into a specific socio-cultural system.