dc.contributor.author |
Spray, Julie |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-11-01T22:02:36Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018-05 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0967-201X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43766 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Working at the nexus of medical anthropology and the anthropology of childhood,this article challenges three assumptions often embedded in child health policy: (1) children are the passive recipients of healthcare; (2) children’s knowledge of illness and their body can be assumed based on adult understandings; and (3) children’s healthcare can be isolated from their social relations. I explore these themes through the case study of a 2011 New Zealand government initiative to reduce the rates of rheumatic fever affecting low-income Māori and Pasifika children. Drawing on fieldwork with around 80 children at an Auckland primary school, I show how the ‘sore throat’ programme does not merely treat streptococcus A infections, but plays an active role in constituting children’s experiences and understandings of their bodies and illness, and in shaping healthcare practices in ways unintended by policy-makers. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Anthropology in Action |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/authors/open-access/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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dc.title |
The Value of Anthropology in Child Health Policy |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.3167/aia.2018.250104 |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.begin-page |
29 |
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pubs.volume |
25 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Berghahn Books |
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pubs.author-url |
https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/aia/25/1/aia250104.xml?pdfVersion=true |
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pubs.end-page |
40 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
739751 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1752-2285 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2018-05-09 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2018-05-09 |
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