Transethnic itineraries for ethnomedical therapies in Nigeria: Igbo women seeking Ibibio cures

Izugbara, Chimaraoke; Etukudoh, I.Wilson; Brown, Aniekan S.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2003.12.001

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“…Indeed, TM practice is in line with the socio-cultural and environmental conditions of the people who use it in Africa (Owumi, 2002). TM is sought by Igbo women from Ibiobio indigenous healers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, for i) health conditions that had failed to respond to initial treatment, ii) health conditions stigmatised at communities of origin and iii) health conditions thought to have resulted from supernatural causes (Izugbara, 2005). Okigbo and Mmeka (2006) attribute the use of TM to safety, acceptability, affordability, compatibility and suitability for the treatment of various diseases particularly chronic ones.…”

Section: Evidences Of Growing Demandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trends and Challenges of Traditional Medicine in Africa

Abdullahi

2011

Afr. J. Trad. Compl. Alt. Med.

315

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Prior to the introduction of cosmopolitan medicine, traditional medicine used to be the dominant medical system available to millions of people in Africa in both rural and urban communities. However, the arrival of the Europeans marked a significant turning point in the history of this age-long tradition and culture. This paper examines the trends and challenges of traditional medicine in Africa. The impact of colonialism on African traditional medicine is also examined. Although the paper is on Africa, references are drawn around the world to buttress the growing demand for traditional medicine. The paper concludes that to minimise the current distrust between modern and traditional doctors and to achieve the objective of regulation, standardisation and cooperation, both traditional and modern doctors must acknowledge their areas of strengths and weaknesses from which they operate and be genuinely concerned about the difficult but necessary task of being human.

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Section: Evidences Of Growing Demandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trends and Challenges of Traditional Medicine in Africa

Abdullahi

2011

Afr. J. Trad. Compl. Alt. Med.

315

219

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“…Zobaer Alam understanding and agreement and is a good predictor of compliance to the prescribed care 19,20,21 . In this study we tried to find out the knowledge level of parents about clubfoot and its management and as well as their future role during clubfoot treatment in clinic of their children with clubfoot deformity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Assessing Knowledge on Clubfoot Among Parents Having Children with Clubfoot Deformity

Alam¹,

Haque

Bhuiyan

et al. 2015

Chatt Maa Shi Hosp Med Coll J

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Background: The burden of childhood disability as a public health problem in developing countries remains relatively unrecognized. One out of 750 children born in the world suffer from club foot among them 80% are in low and middle income countries. Most of these babies have limited access to receive effective treatment for their clubfoot due to lack o knowledge, awareness and some barriers. We actually don't know the level of knowledge of parents who have child with clubfoot deformity. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of parents who have children with clubfoot during clubfoot treatment. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 102 parents who have children with clubfoot deformity during its treatment in a selected clinic. The samples were selected purposively from the clinics where clubfoot treatment was given and face to face interview was done by using semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The mean (±SD) age of the respondents were 24.7 (±6.0) years where 87.3% (n=89) respondents ware female and 59.8 %(n=61) respondent's educational status ware up to primary level. About 44.1% respondents started treatment of their child within 6 months of birth and 33% within 6 to 12 months where 57% (n=58) respondents are referred by health care professional to this clinics. About 93.1% of parents (n=95) said that they knew nothing about clubfoot deformity before their child was diagnosed where 97% are aware after diagnosis of their child. About 93.1% respondents knew the best time for treatment initiation where 59.8% respondents know the correct follow up time of clubfoot management. In case of knowledge of parents' roles in the treatment of clubfoot about 91.2%, parents have knowledge weekly visit for treatment and 86.3% know the plaster care where 52.9% (n=54) parents have lack of knowledge about how to use the brace Conclusion: There is need to improve the communication skills of clinicians/health care providers offering treatment to children with clubfoot at the Clinics. Need to share information with the parents about the condition. Finally, there is need to emphasize of educating parents about plaster care and how to use brace.

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“…Poor care seekers who have need for such services are often at risk of being denied attention and good care. 11,[26][27][28] In leaving the urban place to uptake health care services in rural places on grounds that certain diseases are best treated in rural areas and/or that urban-based health service providers may not meet their needs for secrecy and privacy over their conditions, care seekers also draw attention to how constructions of place may mediate care-seeking practices. Many respondents in this study confirmed seeking rural-based health services because they do not feel at home treating certain conditions in the city where they live.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Leaving one place to uptake health services in another may thus be a mechanism through which care seekers negotiate the manifold context and nature of health and diseases and the dynamics of flows between places. 11 In this study, rural areas were imbued with and held forth certain intrinsic social values, part of which was the promise of protecting care seekers from certain unfavourable and negative social consequences in the urban place. This suggests a link between the symbolic content of places (i.e., sentiments places represent, the reputations they have, and peoples' activities in or a memories of places) and care seekers' willingness and readiness to uptake health services located in such places.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These include traditional medical practitioners, spiritual healers, itinerant and patent medicine sellers, and injectionists. 10,11 Participants This study, conducted between April and August, 2003, was part of citywide survey of patterns of health care-services utilization among female Igbo persons residing in Aba. The main purpose of the survey was to profile the varieties of therapeutic systems, which female Igbo persons in the city of Aba utilizedbetween the year 2000 and the study period-to manage their ill-health conditions.…”

Section: Study Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

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