strahlhildegard[at]hotmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

1990-1995: University Freiburg\/Germany and Basel\/Switzerland: Study in social anthropology and geography; Magister Artium (MA) in Social Anthropology (Thesis: \u2018HIV\/AIDS in Uganda\u2019)
\n1999-2006: University Freiburg\/Germany and Basel\/Switzerland: PhD in Social Anthropology (Thesis: \u2018Pressure of Life \u2013 Pressure of Blood. Local illness experiences related to hypertension in a lower middle class society of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania\u2019)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Interests<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Urban health; health transition; chronic diseases <\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Area(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monographs and Edited Volumes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2006. \u2018Pressure of Life – Pressure of Blood. Local Illness Experiences Related to Hypertension in a Lower Middle Class Society of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania\u2019. Herbolzheim: Centaurus Verlag.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapters in Edited Books<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1996. \u2018Das Geschlechterverh\u00e4ltnis als soziokultureller Faktor der HIV\/AIDS – Pandemie in Buganda\/Uganda\u2019. In: Wolf, Angelika and Michael St\u00fcrzer (eds.): Die gesellschaftliche Konstruktion von Befindlichkeit. Ein Sammelband zur Medizinethnologie. pp. 171-187. Berlin: VWB-Verlag f\u00fcr Wissenschaft und Bildung.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n

Journal Articles<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2003. \u2018Cultural interpretations of an emerging health problem. Blood pressure in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania\u2019. In: Anthropology & Medicine 10 (3): 309-324. \u2028<\/span><\/p>\n

2002. \u2018The cultural construction of BP (blood pressure) in the urban context of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania\u2019. In: Urban Health and Development Bulletin 5 (3 & 4): 19-24.\u2028\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conference Presentations <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2006. \u2018Pressure of Life – Pressure of Blood. Local Illness Experiences related to Hypertension in a Lower Middle Class Society of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania\u2019. Presentation hold on 09.02.2006 in Basel (Colloquium of European Social Anthropology). <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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