Relying on nature's pharmacy in rural Burkina Faso: Empirical evidence of the determinants of traditional medicine consumption

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1498-1507

  Pouliot, Mariève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Determinants; Healers; Medicinal plants; Nob r ; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINAL PLANT; RURAL SOCIETY; SERVICE PROVISION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATUROPATHY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 80955157368     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.037     Document Type: Article

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