Essays about: "Traditional healers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Traditional healers.

  1. 1. Child and adolescent mental health intervention: The perspectives of social workers and religious healers in Ghana

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Queensley Joy Idanwekhai; [2021-08-13]
    Keywords : Child; Adolescent; Social worker. Religious healer; mental health; Ghana;

    Abstract : The involvement of social workers and religious healers in the treatment and management of child and adolescent mental health disorder (CAMHD) is not a new phenomenon in most African contexts such as Ghana. CAMHD is a global burden, and it is projected to be more in Low and medium-income countries (LMICs) than in High income countries (HICs) in the near future due to the lack of attention and support accorded mental health care in LIMCs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Moving from Daji towards Noma: Changing the perception of a spiritual towards a treatable disease : A case study of Hilfsaktion Noma e.V. in Niger

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Shauni Denise De Vriese; [2021]
    Keywords : Noma; impediments to healthcare; social cognitive theory; access to healthcare; community-based surveillance system; Hilfsaktion Noma e.V.; Niger;

    Abstract : Noma is a neglected non-contagious disease of the face and mouth affecting children living in extreme poverty. Due to the quick spread of the disease, the mortality rate is estimated at 90% when treatment is not started within two weeks of onset. Even though Hilfsaktion Noma e.V. READ MORE

  4. 3. Barriers to Access to Antiretroviral Treatment in Babati, Tanzania

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Kiara Larsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Access to ART; HIV; Antiretroviral therapy; stigma; behaviours; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is the region in the world most severely affected by HIV, and Tanzania is among the most severely affected countries in the region. The introduction of antiretroviral treatment has offered hope to people living with HIV/AIDS, improving their quality of life significantly. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mothers, Markets and Medicine : The role of traditional herbal medicine in primary women and child health care in the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Systematisk biologi; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Hanna Lindh; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Traditional medicine is still the most common primary healthcare used in Tanzania, especially among women. The ethnobotanical studies performed in Tanzania have not explored women’s traditional medicine, with the result that we do not know that much about it, including if women’s usage of medicinal plants create a threat against the medicinal flora’s biodiversity or not. READ MORE

  6. 5. Women’s Perspectives on Pathway to Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Women Voices from Community Level in Uganda

    University essay from Nordiska ministerrådet/Nordic School of Public Health NHV

    Author : Git Wikström; [2011]
    Keywords : Tuberculosis; Women; Health Care Seeking; Barriers; Gender.;

    Abstract : Objectives:  A qualitative study to explore the perceptions and ideas of women at community level in Uganda, about factors influencing their health care-seeking behaviour when symptoms that could indicate pulmonary tuberculosis. To let the women identify barriers to health care-seeking and to let them present ideas how to overcome barriers. READ MORE