Prevalence and pattern of traditional medical therapy utilisation in Kumasi metropolis and Sekyere south district, Ghana

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-146

  Gyasi, Razak Mohammed ^a   Siaw, Lawrencia Pokuah ^a   Mensah, Charlotte Monica ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Biologically based therapy; Ghana; Indigenous knowledge; Materia medica; Therapeutic pluralism; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920070160     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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