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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Traditional healers in Swaziland: Toward improved cooperation between the traditional and modern health sectors
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 18, No. 12, Year 1984
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Description
The paper describes applied research efforts, requested by the Swaziland Ministry of Health and funded by U.S. AID, aimed at providing an information base for new government policies regarding traditional healers in Swaziland. Information reported relates to: health care manpower in the traditional sector; treatment seeking behavior in a pluralistic medical setting; traditional health beliefs and practices; payment practices; patterns of patient referral; attempts to establish an association of healers; attitudes of healers toward paraprofessional training; and possibilities for specific types of cooperation between modern and traditional health sectors. © 1984.
Authors & Co-Authors
Green, Edward C.
Swaziland, Mbabane
Swaziland Ministry of Health
Makhubu, Lydia P.
Swaziland, Mbabane
University of Eswatini
Statistics
Citations: 92
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0277-9536(84)90167-9
ISSN:
02779536
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Eswatini