传统治疗师对迦纳病病因和治疗的看法
Jian M Tehrani1, Ingmar A Vos1, Robin Kisabacak1
1Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
|April 10, 2024
概括
加纳的传统医生经常使用草药和精神仪式来治疗,将其分类为自然或精神. 许多人愿意与医疗保健提供者合作,以改善农村地区的初级保健.
科学领域:
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 医学人类学 医学人类学
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 是一种虫引起的皮肤感染,会引起严重的和皮疹,特别是在像加纳这样资源有限的环境中.
- 传统治疗师是加纳农村地区初级医疗保健的组成部分,但他们在病管理中的作用仍然未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查传统治疗师对加纳病的病因和治疗的看法.
- 探索传统治疗师和全方位医疗保健提供者之间合作的潜在障碍和促进者.
主要方法:
- 使用了定性现象学方法.
- 与加纳阿桑提阿基姆北部和中部地区的15名传统治疗师进行了半结构化采访.
- 采访数据被编码和分析以确定关键主题.
主要成果:
- 传统医生经常遇到,认为和皮疹是关键症状.
- 据报道,的双重分类为"自然"和"精神"的变种,每个变种都有不同的管理方法.
- 草药和精神仪式是主要的治疗方式,大多数治疗师都不知道特定的致病因素.
结论:
- 传统治疗师对管理的洞察力为初级保健提供了宝贵的视角.
- 虽然对合作开放,但不信任和缺乏透明度对整合传统和全方位医疗保健构成挑战.
- 需要进行进一步的研究,以制定有效的跨学科合作策略,在治疗.
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