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| Title: | Traditional medicine as an alternative form of health care system: a preliminary case study of Nangabo sub-county, central Uganda |
| Authors: | Agea, Jacob
Galabuzi, Charles
Fungo, Bernard L.
Kamoga, Regina M. N. |
| Keywords: | Traditional medicine
Health care
Herbalism
Bone setting
Uganda |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines (AJTCAM) |
| Citation: | Galabuzi, C. [et al] (2010). Traditional medicine as an alternative form of health care system: a preliminary case study of Nangabo sub-county, Central Uganda, African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines, 7(1): 11-16 |
| Abstract: | This study was conducted in Nangabo sub-county of Wakiso district. The purpose was to document the common Traditional Medicine (TM) practices; assess the local people's preferences for TM versus western medicine (WM) and lastly to determine the awareness about the importance of TM by local people. Data were collected using semi-structured administered face-to-face with respondents. A total of 120 interviewed. Six focused group discussions (FGDs) were held to validate the questionnaire responses. Data were analyzed descriptively using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings indicated that most (43%) respondents derive their livelihoods from traditional medicine practices. Three forms of TM were reportedherbalism (67%), spiritual counseling (23%) and bone setting (10%). Although the majority (81%) of respondents were quite aware of the importance of TM in the sustenance of health care system, majority (55%) of them shunned TM in preference to WM, largely because of the belief that TM is evil-founded and devilish in nature. Only 45% of the respondents preferred TM to WM. The main reasons given for visiting TM practioners rather than western medical practitioners were that TM is sometimes more effective than WM and that in many instances it has very minimal side effects on the human body. There is, however, a need for Ugandan government to legitimize the practice of TM since it contributes a lot to health care needs in areas where western medicine is insufficiently provided. In addition, there is a need for further research into the efficacy and safety of traditional medicines if it is to be adequately integrated into western medicine. |
| Description: | The original publication is available at http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/971 |
| URI: | http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/971
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/678 |
| ISSN: | 0189-6016 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Forestry)
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