Resisting "Reason": A Comparative Anthropological Study of Social Differences and Resistance toward Health Promotion and Illness Prevention in Denmark

Camilla Hoffmann Merrild; Rikke Sand Andersen; Mette Bech Risør; Peter Vedsted

doi:10.1111/maq.12295

Resisting "Reason": A Comparative Anthropological Study of Social Differences and Resistance toward Health Promotion and Illness Prevention in Denmark

Camilla Hoffmann Merrild, Rikke Sand Andersen, Mette Bech Risør, Peter Vedsted

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Denne artikel handler om, hvordan sundhedsfremme og forebyggelse praktiseres i to forskellige sociale klasser i Danmark. Gennem længerevarende antropologisk feltarbejde undersøges det, hvordan disse forskellige praksisser yder ”modstand” mod den normative sundhedsfremme- og forebyggelsesdiskurs. Artiklen viser, hvordan den standardiserede tilgang til informationskampagner om sundhed og sygdom negligerer alternative måder, hvorpå sundhedsfremme og forebyggelse integreres forskelligt i det levede liv. Dette betyder, at standardiserede diskurser ofte ræsonnerer forskelligt i forskellige sociale kontekster. Ved ikke at anerkende forskellige måder at praktisere sundhedsfremme og forebyggelse på risikerer man således at forstærke sociale forskelle i sundhed og sygdom.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Medical Anthropology Quarterly
ISSN	0745-5194
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12295
Status	Udgivet - 30 apr. 2016
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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