Gendering Local Knowledge: Medicinal Plant Use and Primary Health Care in the Amazon

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coral Wayland
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Medico-botanical studies of Sandwip island in Chittagong, Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Hassan Sajib ◽  
S. B. Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Traditional Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chicken Pox ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Plant Taxon

A study of the plant diversity of Sandwip Island has been conducted during July 2008 to April 2011 in order to document plant species used as traditional herbal medicine. A total of 111 species under 93 genera of 53 families have been documented which are used for the treatment of 48 diseases/illness. The local people of the island mostly depended on herbal medicine for their primary health care. Twenty one recorded medicinal plant species are used for the treatment of various types of pain, 14 each for dysentery and rheumatism, 8 each for cough and haemorrhages, 7 for skin diseases, 6 for worms, 5 for boils, 4 each for jaundice and fracture, 3 each for chicken pox, fever and diabetes and 54 for other diseases.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v20i1.15463Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 20(1): 39-49, 2013 (June)

scholarly journals Understanding non-communicable diseases: combining health surveillance with local knowledge to improve rural primary health care in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1852781
Author(s):  
Eilidh Cowan ◽  
Lucia D’Ambruoso ◽  
Maria van der Merwe ◽  
Sophie Witter ◽  
Peter Byass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Survey on usage of medicinal plants: a case from Chitwan district of Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Joshi ◽  
D Kalauni ◽  
S Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Key Informant Interview

The aim of this study was to know the commonly available medicinal plants and to document their usages. Study was carried out around periphery of 'Gyaneswor Community Forest' of Bharatpur-16 of Chitwan district of Nepal. Altogether, forty household were selected by random sampling, and key informant interview was carried out with community forest personnel's and leading farmers. Most of the respondents of Bharatpur-16 were found to be dependent on medicinal plants for their primary health care. Because of no side effect, easy availability and cost effectiveness of medicinal plants, most people were found satisfied using it. However, the use of and preference for medicinal plant was found limited to minor diseases only. The findings of this study revealed that there are many medicinal plants in our periphery that can be used as an alternative for allopathic medicines, but they need to be systematically managed and conserved. SAARC J. Agri., 16(2): 129-141 (2018

Non-Fatal Deliberate Self-Harm in Three Remote Indigenous Communities in Far North Queensland, Australia

Crisis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 422-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Rouen ◽  
Alan R. Clough ◽  
Caryn West
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Far North ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Self Harm

Abstract. Background: Indigenous Australians experience a suicide rate over twice that of the general population. With nonfatal deliberate self-harm (DSH) being the single most important risk factor for suicide, characterizing the incidence and repetition of DSH in this population is essential. Aims: To investigate the incidence and repetition of DSH in three remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland, Australia. Method: DSH presentation data at a primary health-care center in each community were analyzed over a 6-year period from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011. Results: A DSH presentation rate of 1,638 per 100,000 population was found within the communities. Rates were higher in age groups 15–24 and 25–34, varied between communities, and were not significantly different between genders; 60% of DSH repetitions occurred within 6 months of an earlier episode. Of the 227 DSH presentations, 32% involved hanging. Limitations: This study was based on a subset of a larger dataset not specifically designed for DSH data collection and assesses the subset of the communities that presented to the primary health-care centers. Conclusion: A dedicated DSH monitoring study is required to provide a better understanding of DSH in these communities and to inform early intervention strategies.

The Marriage of Population Health and Primary Health Care for Vulnerable Women

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Relf ◽  
Allison Akgungor ◽  
Susan Chesney
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Primary Health
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