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Collaboration between African indigenous and biomedical health practitioners : perceptions regarding tuberculosis treatment
| العنوان: | Collaboration between African indigenous and biomedical health practitioners : perceptions regarding tuberculosis treatment |
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| المؤلفون: | Nkhwashu, Tinyiko Enneth, Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis, Masoga, Mogomme Alpheus |
| بيانات النشر: | UNISA Press |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | University of Pretoria: UPSpace |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Collaboration, Biomedical health practitioners, Treatment, Perceptions, Tuberculosis (TB), African indigenous health practitioners (AIHPs), Biomedical health practitioners (BHPs) |
| الوصف: | Despite programmes developed to alleviate tuberculosis (TB) infection worldwide, South Africa is still reporting high rates of infection. Most South Africans believe in and consider using the medicine provided by African indigenous health practitioners (AIHPs) rather than consulting practitioners at modern health facilities. The isolated functioning of these two groups of practitioners motivated the government to establish the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (22 of 2007), to encourage AIHPs and biomedical health practitioners (BHPs) to collaborate on the healing of different diseases, including TB. The Mpumalanga province has been hit the hardest by TB and has a high infection rate. The study aimed at exploring and describing the perceptions of AIHPs and BHPs on collaboration concerning TB treatment in the Ehlanzeni district, Mpumalanga. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from focus groups with 21 AIHPs and in-depth individual interviews with 10 BHPs. The findings of the study reveal differing perceptions, as some BHPs accept the Act and acknowledge collaboration, while others have concerns about standards of care, patient safety, and overdosing. They are reluctant to accept integration, as they see AIHPs as unscientific practitioners who use strong medicine that is detrimental to patients. The AIHPs welcomed the idea of working together and mutual teaching with the aim of empowering each other with knowledge regarding the treatment of TB, for the ultimate benefit of patients. ; https://upjournals.co.za/index.php/AJNM/index ; pm2021 ; Nursing Science |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81377; Nkhwashu, T.E., Masoga, M.A. & Mulaudzi, F.M. 2021, 'Collaboration between African indigenous and biomedical health practitioners: Perceptions regarding tuberculosis treatment', Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, vol. 23, no. 1., art. a8171, pp. 1-17.; 1682-5055 (print); 2520-5293 (online) |
| DOI: | 10.25159/2520-5293/8171 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81377 https://doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/8171 |
| Rights: | © Author(s) 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A43DD2DF |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.25159/2520-5293/8171 |
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