KORO SOCIAL RESPONSE (URBAN) : A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF NORTH BENGAL KORO EPIDEMIC

Social responses to Koro illness was studied from an urban population (n = 118) of Darjeeling district of West Bengal State, during and after the North Bengal Koro epidemic. The prevalent social cognition of Koro as a positive illness paradigm, both among the Koro-affected and non-affected families,...

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Autor principal: Chowdhury, Arabinda N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776098
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Sumario:Social responses to Koro illness was studied from an urban population (n = 118) of Darjeeling district of West Bengal State, during and after the North Bengal Koro epidemic. The prevalent social cognition of Koro as a positive illness paradigm, both among the Koro-affected and non-affected families, was the important social dynamics that helped the epidemic to spread as the illness in the region. The cognition-intensity related to the Koro vulnerability has diminished gradually with the passing of time, which was well corroborated with the gradually weaning incidence curve of Koro illness in the region.

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