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@article{citeulike:409369, abstract = {STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the ways in which institutions devoted to international development influence epidemiological studies. DESIGN: This article takes a descriptive epidemiological study of El Salvador, Epidemiological Profile, conducted in 1994 by the US Agency for International Development, as a case study. The methods include discourse analysis in order to uncover the ideological basis of the report and its characteristics as a discourse of development. SETTING: El Salvador. RESULTS: The Epidemiological Profile theoretical basis, the epidemiological transition theory, embodies the ethnocentrism of a "colonizer's model of the world." This report follows the logic of a discourse of development by depoliticising development, creating abnormalities, and relying on the development consulting industry. The epidemiological transition theory serves as an ideology that legitimises and dissimulates the international order. CONCLUSIONS: Even descriptive epidemiological assessments or epidemiological profiles are imbued with theoretical assumptions shaped by the institutional setting under which epidemiological investigations are conducted.}, address = {Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayag\"{u}ez, Apartado Postal 9010, Mayag\"{u}ez, Puerto Rico 00681-9010, USA. l\_aviles@rumac.uprm.edu}, author = {Avil\'{e}s, L. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {409369}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11160170}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11160170}, issn = {0143-005X}, journal = {J Epidemiol Community Health}, keywords = {demography, latinamerica}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {164--171}, posted-at = {2005-11-26 18:01:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Epidemiology as discourse: the politics of development institutions in the Epidemiological Profile of El Salvador.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11160170}, volume = {55}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:409369 L3 - citeulike-article-id:409369 N2 - STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the ways in which institutions devoted to international development influence epidemiological studies. DESIGN: This article takes a descriptive epidemiological study of El Salvador, Epidemiological Profile, conducted in 1994 by the US Agency for International Development, as a case study. The methods include discourse analysis in order to uncover the ideological basis of the report and its characteristics as a discourse of development. SETTING: El Salvador. RESULTS: The Epidemiological Profile theoretical basis, the epidemiological transition theory, embodies the ethnocentrism of a "colonizer's model of the world." This report follows the logic of a discourse of development by depoliticising development, creating abnormalities, and relying on the development consulting industry. The epidemiological transition theory serves as an ideology that legitimises and dissimulates the international order. CONCLUSIONS: Even descriptive epidemiological assessments or epidemiological profiles are imbued with theoretical assumptions shaped by the institutional setting under which epidemiological investigations are conducted. IS - 3 JF - J Epidemiol Community Health SN - 0143-005X AD - Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Apartado Postal 9010, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-9010, USA. l_aviles@rumac.uprm.edu EP - 171 TI - Epidemiology as discourse: the politics of development institutions in the Epidemiological Profile of El Salvador. VL - 55 SP - 164 KW - demography KW - latinamerica AU - Avilés, LA PY - 2001/03// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11160170 ER -