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Knowledge, Attitude, and Utilization of Traditional Medicine among the Communities of Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
المؤلفون المشاركون
Wassie, Samuel Masresha
Aragie, Leul Lisanework
Taye, Belaynew Wasie
Mekonnen, Laychiluh Bantie
المصدر
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
العدد
المجلد 2015، العدد 2015 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2015)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2015-10-05
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
In Ethiopia, up to 80% of the population use traditional medicine for primary health care.
Studies on the current knowledge and practices of communities in the era of modern health care expansion are lacking.
Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practice of traditional medicine among communities in Merawi town.
Methods.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 403 residents of Merawi town.
A systematic random sampling was used to select households.
Data was collected through house to house interview.
Results.
392 out of 403 questionnaires were analysed.
Among the participants, 220 (56.1%) were female.
The mean (±s.d.) age of the participants was 32.5 (±12.4) years.
Nearly two-thirds, 241 (61.5%), of study participants have good knowledge about traditional medicines.
Three-quarters of participants prefer modern medicine to traditional drugs.
70.9% of participants had the experience of personal use of traditional therapies.
Conclusions.
The population in Merawi has good knowledge with high acceptability and use of traditional medicine.
The main reasons for high acceptability and practice were cultural acceptability, lesser cost, and good outcome of traditional medicine.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Wassie, Samuel Masresha& Aragie, Leul Lisanework& Taye, Belaynew Wasie& Mekonnen, Laychiluh Bantie. 2015. Knowledge, Attitude, and Utilization of Traditional Medicine among the Communities of Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061164
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Wassie, Samuel Masresha…[et al.]. Knowledge, Attitude, and Utilization of Traditional Medicine among the Communities of Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061164
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Wassie, Samuel Masresha& Aragie, Leul Lisanework& Taye, Belaynew Wasie& Mekonnen, Laychiluh Bantie. Knowledge, Attitude, and Utilization of Traditional Medicine among the Communities of Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061164
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1061164
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