期刊名称：Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
印刷版ISSN：1994-2664
电子版ISSN：1994-2672
出版年度：2016
卷号：10
页码：37-62
语种：English
出版社：Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mahendra Multiple Campus Baglung
摘要：Tuberculosis (TB) constitutes one of the major public health problems in Nepal. Our theoretical framework, in this paper, is to explore people's understanding of the culturally constructed reality, the local explanatory model, for causes of Tuberculosis. The ethnographic data were collected from 'Solubang' village of Pyuthan district in 2005 and 2012/13. The finding shows that assumed and suggested cause(s) of TB are multiple but most often within a framework of great uncertainty. Compared to 2005, people were better aware of the need for timely treatment in 2012/13. The arrival of the biomedical anti-TB medicines has changed the situation for the better and is widely recognized but perception on causes of TB and its prevalence have not changed drastically, and mortality rates have not decreased at the speed hoped for.
