Search for dissertations about: "traditional healers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words traditional healers.

2. 1. From Rural Gift to Urban Commodity : Traditional Medicinal Knowledge and Socio-spatial Transformation in the Eastern Lake Victoria Region

   Author : Ouma Anne; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Linda Helgesson; Stacey Langwick; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Lake Victoria Region; Traditional Medicinal knowledge; Traditional Healers; Youth; Inter-generational learning processes; commodification and commercialization; gift; Socio-spatial transformation; rural-urban; gender; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : As we celebrate all the dynamic and dramatic improvements in human health care in the 21st century, life in much of Africa begins with and is sustained with the support of traditional medicinal knowledge. Research on traditional medicinal knowledge (TMK) is extensive, but rather few studies have been written about Traditional Healers' (THs') own perceptions about TMK and practices in relation to changing societal dynamics. READ MORE

4. 2. Healthcare-seeking behaviour and management of type 2 diabetes in Uganda : Perspectives of persons with diabetes, traditional healers and healthcare providers

   Author : Fortunate Atwine; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Omvårdnad; Nursing;

   Abstract : Healthcare-seeking behaviour is important as it determines acceptance ofhealthcare and outcomes of chronic conditions, but it has been investigated to alimited extent, and not in developing countries. The overall aim was to explorehow persons with type 2 diabetes seek care to manage diabetes using differenthealthcare providers including the use of complementary alternative medicine andtraditional healers in Uganda. READ MORE

5. 3. Profiles and outcome of traditional healing practices for severe mental illnesses in two districts of Eastern Uganda

   Author : Catherine Abbo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Mental illness; traditional healers; outcome; Western Medicine;

   Abstract : Background: The WHO estimates that more than 80% of African populations attend traditional healers for health reasons. However, little is known about the profiles and outcome of this traditional approach to treatment of mental illnesses. READ MORE

6. 4. Antiparasitic metabolites from plants used in the Tacana Bolivian native tribe : Traditional medicine, an overview of natural products with medicinal interest

   Author : Ivan Limachi; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tacana Traditional Medicine; Antiparasitic; cytotoxicity; Hyptis brevipes; hyptis mutabilis; Tessaria integrifolia; Trichilia adolfi;

   Abstract : The thesis aims to contribute to the preservation of traditional medicinal knowledge of the Tacana Bolivian native tribe, as well as to the isolation and characterization of antiparasitic metabolites from plants used for the treatment of endemic diseases. A selection of medicinal plants, made in collaboration with the Tacana communities who decided which plants have a specific medicinal propose, were collected and identified by the national herbarium of Bolivia, and confirmed by healers from the most representative communities. READ MORE

7. 5. Cultural explanatory models of depression i Uganda

   Author : Elialilia Sarikiaeli Okello; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Depression; depression subtype; psychotic depression; culture; cultural competence; emic; etic; explanatory models; case vignette; qualitative research; help seeking; pathway to care; indigenous model; traditional healer; health policy.;

   Abstract : Background: Depressive disorders are among the most frequent psychiatric disorders, accounting for up to 30% of primary care service utilisation in developing countries in general, and Uganda in particular. However, delays in seeking treatment, misdiagnosis and non-specific treatments have compromised appropriate care for people with depression. READ MORE