What is culture, custom, acculturation and Emporiatrics?

CUSTOMS

The mere existence of a society, the mere plurality of individuals gives rise to customs from which no single member of the community can escape. The 'highly developed' societies of the modern world are just as replete with social customs as the ' primitive societies' of the past.

CULTURE

The word "culture" is widely used in sociology. It is the central concept around which cultural anthropology has grown. Culture is defined as "learned behaviour which has been socially acquired". Culture is the product of human societies, and man is largely a product of his cultural environment. Culture is transmitted from one generation to another through learning processes, formal and informal.

ACCULTURATION

Acculturation means "culture contact." When there is contact between two people with different types of culture, there is diffusion of culture both ways.

EMPORIATRICS 

Term coined to describe the science of the health of travellers, Travellers face special health risks. In the age of jet travel, international travellers are subject to various forms of stress that may reduce their resistance to disease, e.g., crowding, long hours of waiting, disruption of eating habit, change in the climate and time zone. These factors may in themselves provoke nausea, indigestion, extreme fatigue and insomnia.

Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine; 24th Edition; Page No: 708, 709, 135