与传统治疗师合作是否可以成为马拉维预防失明的关键方面?
Joshua Feyi-Waboso1, Chisom Chukwunonye2
1Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust. Treliske, Truro TR1 3LJ.
Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi
|November 27, 2025
概括
传统眼科医疗 (TEM) 在马拉维广泛使用. 建议传统治疗师和生物医学从业人员之间进行合作,以改善预防失明的努力,并应对视力障碍的挑战.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医学人类学 医学人类学
背景情况:
- 传统眼科医疗 (TEM) 在马拉维农村发挥着重要作用.
- 现有的医疗保健系统在应对广泛的视力障碍方面面临着挑战.
研究的目的:
- 审查有关马拉维传统眼科药物的现有文献.
- 探索将传统眼科护理与生物医学方法相结合的潜力.
主要方法:
- 从1990年到2023年8月的研究文献综述.
- 在PubMed,非洲在线期刊 (AJOL) 和非洲医学指数 (AIM) 上进行的搜索.
- 关键词包括"马拉维的传统治疗师"",马拉维的传统眼睛护理"和"马拉维的传统医学".
主要成果:
- 传统治疗师在马拉维的农村社区已经建立了良好的基础.
- 传统治疗师和生物医学从业人员之间的合作被提议作为预防失明的战略.
- 生物医学从业者对与传统治疗师的合作存在担忧,原因是安全问题和缺乏知识.
结论:
- 加强马拉维的预防失明需要解决传统眼科医学的整合问题.
- 合作提供了一种可能比独立努力更有效的方法.
- 需要进一步的研究来弥合传统和生物医学眼科护理实践之间的差距.
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