Hunter, Health, and Society

Olfaction in a hunter-gatherer society: Insights from language and culture

According to a widely-held view among various scholars, olfaction is inferior to other human senses. It is also believed by many that languages do not have words for describing smells. Data collected among the Maniq, a small population of nomadic foragers in southern Thailand, challenge the above claims and point to a great linguistic and cultural elaboration of odor. This article presents evid...

Genomics, health care, and society.

Copyright © 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society. A new generation of genomic technologies permits the increased collection of data on large study populations.1,2 New methods in informatics facilitate the integration of diverse types of information with genomic data in disease research. As a result, researchers are learning more about the genetic bases of disease and response to drugs.3-6 Genetic...

Infant feeding and weaning practices in an urbanizing traditional, hunter-gatherer society.

Women's work, child care, and helpers-at-the-nest in a hunter-gatherer society.

Considerable research on helpers-at-the-nest demonstrates the positive effects of firstborn daughters on a mother's reproductive success and the survival of her children compared with women who have firstborn sons. This research is largely restricted to agricultural settings. In the present study we ask: "Does 'daughter first' improve mothers' reproductive success in a hunting and gathering con...

Estimating the Future of Electronic Health Information System in Society

Background: The health information system provides an integrated platform and an information connection between the actors of the health system regardless of temporal and spatial limitations. Objective This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the development of electronic health record (EHR) system and predict the future of this system in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive study, ...