Traditional healers, mothers and childhood diarrheal disease in Swaziland: The interface of anthropology and health education

Navigating Between Illness Paradigms: Treatment Seeking by Samoan People in Samoa and New Zealand

“…Macpherson and Macpherson (1990) argue that Samoan people distinguish between two kinds of illnesses: ma'i Samoa (Samoan illnesses) and ma'i palagi (European illnesses). A similar distinction has been noted among Tongan people (Capstick et al, 2009), and Green (1985) suggests that healers and patients in Swaziland distinguish between African and European illness. We specifically asked our respondents about the distinction between palagi and Samoan illnesses, and whether they believed that the two are actually distinct from one another.…”

Navigating Between Illness Paradigms: Treatment Seeking by Samoan People in Samoa and New Zealand

“…Macpherson and Macpherson (1990) argue that Samoan people distinguish between two kinds of illnesses: ma'i Samoa (Samoan illnesses) and ma'i palagi (European illnesses). A similar distinction has been noted among Tongan people (Capstick et al, 2009), and Green (1985) suggests that healers and patients in Swaziland distinguish between African and European illness. We specifically asked our respondents about the distinction between palagi and Samoan illnesses, and whether they believed that the two are actually distinct from one another.…”

Do Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Developing Countries Change When We Take into Account Traditional Medicines?

“…The extreme results in HI are indicative of the need to distinguish between traditional medicine use per se and traditional medicine use through healers. While many Ghanaians believe in the power and efficacy of herbs and plants to cure illnesses, faith in healers errs on the side of caution, especially among the biomedical profession (Gort, 1989;Green, 1985). The strong effect of the religion variable suggests that religious beliefs can partly explain utilization of traditional healers.…”

People's concepts on diarrhea and dehydration in Nicaragua: the difficulty of the intercultural dialogue

“…During the last decades, the number of studies on people's knowledge of diarrhea has increased 24-26 , 28,38,39 and some of them have pointed out its relevance for the promotion of health. [40][41][42][43] Just a few 20,44 however, using a participatory research methodology, seem to have influenced health planners and managers to open a reflection and dialogue between the official and popular logic and to enhance a communication between health personnel and the population.…”

Navigating Between Illness Paradigms: Treatment Seeking by Samoan People in Samoa and New Zealand

“…Macpherson and Macpherson (1990) argue that Samoan people distinguish between two kinds of illnesses: ma'i Samoa (Samoan illnesses) and ma'i palagi (European illnesses). A similar distinction has been noted among Tongan people (Capstick et al, 2009), and Green (1985) suggests that healers and patients in Swaziland distinguish between African and European illness. We specifically asked our respondents about the distinction between palagi and Samoan illnesses, and whether they believed that the two are actually distinct from one another.…”

Do Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Developing Countries Change When We Take into Account Traditional Medicines?

“…The extreme results in HI are indicative of the need to distinguish between traditional medicine use per se and traditional medicine use through healers. While many Ghanaians believe in the power and efficacy of herbs and plants to cure illnesses, faith in healers errs on the side of caution, especially among the biomedical profession (Gort, 1989;Green, 1985). The strong effect of the religion variable suggests that religious beliefs can partly explain utilization of traditional healers.…”

People's concepts on diarrhea and dehydration in Nicaragua: the difficulty of the intercultural dialogue

“…During the last decades, the number of studies on people's knowledge of diarrhea has increased 24-26 , 28,38,39 and some of them have pointed out its relevance for the promotion of health. [40][41][42][43] Just a few 20,44 however, using a participatory research methodology, seem to have influenced health planners and managers to open a reflection and dialogue between the official and popular logic and to enhance a communication between health personnel and the population.…”

Navigating Between Illness Paradigms: Treatment Seeking by Samoan People in Samoa and New Zealand

“…Macpherson and Macpherson (1990) argue that Samoan people distinguish between two kinds of illnesses: ma'i Samoa (Samoan illnesses) and ma'i palagi (European illnesses). A similar distinction has been noted among Tongan people (Capstick et al, 2009), and Green (1985) suggests that healers and patients in Swaziland distinguish between African and European illness. We specifically asked our respondents about the distinction between palagi and Samoan illnesses, and whether they believed that the two are actually distinct from one another.…”

Do Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Developing Countries Change When We Take into Account Traditional Medicines?

“…The extreme results in HI are indicative of the need to distinguish between traditional medicine use per se and traditional medicine use through healers. While many Ghanaians believe in the power and efficacy of herbs and plants to cure illnesses, faith in healers errs on the side of caution, especially among the biomedical profession (Gort, 1989;Green, 1985). The strong effect of the religion variable suggests that religious beliefs can partly explain utilization of traditional healers.…”

People's concepts on diarrhea and dehydration in Nicaragua: the difficulty of the intercultural dialogue

“…During the last decades, the number of studies on people's knowledge of diarrhea has increased 24-26 , 28,38,39 and some of them have pointed out its relevance for the promotion of health. [40][41][42][43] Just a few 20,44 however, using a participatory research methodology, seem to have influenced health planners and managers to open a reflection and dialogue between the official and popular logic and to enhance a communication between health personnel and the population.…”