March/June 2002

Published quarterly by the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Medical Journal

ISSN 0031-1480

March-June 2002, Volume 45, Number 1-2

EDITORS: CHARLES S. MGONE, PETER M. SIBA

GUEST EDITORS: BRYANT J. ALLEN, JOHN VAIL

Editorial Committee

I. Kevau		A. Saweri
G. Mola		T. Taufa

Editorial Assistants: Cynthea Leahy and Elanna Lowes

Emeritus Editor: Michael Alpers

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Papua New Guinea Medical Journal	Volume 45, Number 1-2, March-June 2002
CONTENTS	FOCUS ISSUE ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE TARI AREA

EDITORIAL
Health and the environment in the Tari area B.J. Allen and J. Vail	1

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
A history of Huli society and settlement in the Tari region C. Ballard	8
The ecology of Huli subsistence agriculture A.W. Wood	15
Pneumonia vaccine trials at Tari I.D. Riley	44
Demography and causes of death among the Huli in the Tari Basin D. Lehmann	51
Huli oral health P.L. Newell	63
Nutrition in Tari P.F. Heywood	80
Birthweight and environment at Tari B.J. Allen	88

Nutritional adaptation of women in contrasting agricultural environments in Tari, Papua New Guinea T. Yamauchi and R. Ohtsuka	99
District health care at Tari until 1991 S.J. Flew	106
Social and economic conditions at Tari J. Vail	113
Sexually transmitted infections: a medical anthropological study from the Tari Research Unit 1990-1991 J. Hughes	128
Antenatal utilization, family planning and fertility preferences in Tari J. Vail	134
Passenger-women: changing gender relations in the Tari Basin H. Wardlow	142
The Family Health and Rural Improvement Program in Tari J. Vail	147
MEDLARS BIBLIOGRAPHY	163

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