The stated objectives of this anthology are to provide examples, for both public health and kindred audiences, on how anthropology is useful, if not necessary, in public health and to describe that discipline, supplying, as well, resources for its further exploration and application. In doing so, the editor, an epidemiologist and renowned anthropologist, has chosen studies conducted in North and South America, as well as in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The 16 chapters contained in the anthology have been …