scholarly journals Ethnomedicine and Traditional Health Care System of a Particular Vulnerable Tribal Group in India: Application of Plant Extracts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amiya Kumar Sahoo ◽  
Hari Charan Behera ◽  
Ajit Kumar Behura
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Plant Extracts ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care ◽  
Care System

Abstract Background The exploration on association of between human and nature has made conceivable to comprehend the undercurrent lifestyle of the communities and the ecosystem in which they inhabit together. Over the last decade there has been a rise of ethnomedicinal studies, still small is known about use of ethnomedicine in traditional health care system of the Juang, which is one of the 75 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in India. Traditional system is unique and undeniably an important cultural ingredient. The aim of the present study was to document the ethnomedicinal practices of the Juang, who live in forest fringes and hill tracks and derive their livelihood from forest-based resources. They used varieties of plant extracts, traditional knowledge and belief system for treatment as well as prevention of from various disease and ailments. Methods Besides questionnaire as a tool for data collection, Interview, observation (both participant and non-participant observation) and focus group discussion (FGD) were used. Field surveys were carried out in three phases. The informants were selected through the snowball sampling technique. Twelve males and two females key informants were interviewed. The study was exploratory and qualitative in nature. Results It was found that 38 medicinal plant species belong to 26 families as having ethnomedicinal uses in the traditional health care practice among the Juang community. Comparatively leaf part (36%) frequently utilized followed by root (21%), seed (7%), bark (7%), fruit (6%), rootstock (4%) and tender twig (3%) for medicinal purposes. Conclusions Our study can be concluded that the Juang people are rich in indigenous knowledge and have provided novel information on the use of medicinal plants to cure, protect and prevent from various diseases and ailments, that are scientific in nature. The novel information has been generated in the present study which will through a light in the direction of modern medical science for the sustainability of human society and recognize the indigenous knowledge as well. We suggested that indigenous knowledge need to be documented and integrated with scientific knowledge to develop new health care management programme.

scholarly journals A review of immunomodulators in the Indian traditional health care system

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
Vikrant Arya ◽  
Ranjeet Kaur ◽  
Zulfiqar Ali Bhat ◽  
Vivek Kumar Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care ◽  
Care System

scholarly journals Enhancing a Traditional Health Care System of an Organization for Better Service with Agent Technology by Ensuring Confidentiality of Patients’ Medical Information

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-156
Author(s):  
R. Jaya Subalakshmi ◽  
N. C. S. N. Iyengar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care ◽  
New System ◽  
Care System

Abstract Agent technology is one of the widely adapted technologies for developing applications that deliver e-Services. Ensuring confidentiality of the patients’ data in e-health care systems remains a serious challenge. Many large enterprises provide in-house health care services free of cost for their employees and their dependents as a competitive benefit to prevent employees turnover and also to maintain healthy and productive human resource. This paper proposes enhancements to the traditional health care system of an organization so that it provides better services with respect to users’ satisfaction. The requirements identification of the system proposed and the evaluation of the new system are done using a feedback model. The new system proved to be mutually beneficial to employees and employers in terms of saving time and cost and thus it enhances productivity.

A Comparison of Organized and Traditional Health Care

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (02) ◽  
pp. 273-277
Author(s):  
D. M. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Health Care Delivery Systems

Summary Purpose: To compare organized and traditional health care delivery systems and their ability to meet several major challenges facing health care in the next 25 years. Approach: Analysis of traditional and organized health care systems based on a career spent in organized health care systems. Conclusions: The traditional health care system based on independent autonomous physicians is not able to meet the challenges of current healthcare. Stronger integration and coordination, i.e., organized health care delivery systems are required.

scholarly journals Colonial Legacies and Collaborative Action: Improving Indigenous Peoples’ Health Care in Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloy Wylie ◽  
Stephanie McConkey ◽  
Ann Marie Corrado
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care System

Indigenous people experience significant health disparities compared to non-Indigenous people, which are exacerbated by less accessible and poorer quality health care services. This research aimed to understand the specific barriers to health care that Indigenous patients and their families face, as well as to explore promising practices and strategies for improving the responsiveness of health services to the needs of Indigenous people. Through qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous health care and social services providers, we identified a range of challenges and successful approaches, and developed recommendations for improving policy and practice to address the gaps in culturally safe health care services. Our study shows that many of the barriers Indigenous people face when accessing health care are rooted in the broader social determinants of health, such as poverty, racism, housing, and education. These are complex problems that are outside of the traditional scope of health care practice. However, this study has also demonstrated that many barriers to equitable care actually stem from within the health care system itself. We found that health care gaps were often attributable to poorly funded on-reserve health care services and culturally unsafe off-reserve services.  Attitudes and practices among those working in health care and gaps in coordination between mainstream and Indigenous services are challenges related to the way the health care system operates. Solutions are needed that address these issues. Given the multifaceted nature of access barriers, strategies to improve health services for Indigenous people and communities require a comprehensive and systemic approach.  

scholarly journals Awareness, knowledge and attitude toward secondary health care system: survey of physicians in Kosovo

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-293
Author(s):  
Albiona Rashiti ◽  
Leonora Svarça ◽  
Afërdita Kurti ◽  
Premtim Rashiti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Management ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Secondary Health Care ◽  
Care System

Objective: To assess knowledge, awareness and attitude among hospital physicians from Kosovo toward current situation of Health Care System (HCS) especially Secondary Health Care (SHC) in Kosovo. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, anonymous questionnaire were delivered to three regional hospitals in Kosovo. The main outcome measures were physician’s awareness of the management of secondary health care institutions, awareness and use of new technology for improving health care in second level and their suggestions for further improvement. Results: Results are divided into three main categories: I. Relevant information on the knowledge of the health care system, were respondents had valuable information and insight; II. Relevant information on suggested improvements, in which respondents gave their proposals regarding workplace and inter managerial relations and III. Relevant information on continues education possibilities for medical staff. Conclusions: In conclusion there is a need to prioritize proper cooperation between primary, secondary, and third level of health institutions, in terms of entire health management in order to increase the quality of health services delivery, in line with western standards. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(2) 2019 p.288-293

Health Care: Practice Interventions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois F. Cowles
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Physician Visits ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

Social work in health care emerged with immigration and urbanization associated with industrialization, and the resultant shift from physician visits to the patient's home and workplace to hospital-centered care. This change is alleged to have resulted in a loss of the doctor's perspective of the psychosocial influences on physical health. Originally, some nurses were assigned the function of addressing this loss. But eventually, the function became recognized as that of a social worker. From its beginnings in the general hospital setting in the late 1800s, social work in health care, that is, medical social work, has expanded into multiple settings of health care, and the role of the social worker from being a nurse to requiring a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a university. However, the broad function of social work in health care remains much the same, that is, “to remove the obstacles in the patient's surroundings or in his mental attitude that interfere with successful treatment, thus freeing him to aid in his own recovery” (Cannon, 1923. p 15). Health care social workers are trained to work across the range of “methods,” that is, work with individuals, small groups, and communities (social work “methods” are called “casework”, “group work” and “community organization”). They work to assist the patient, using a broad range of interventions, including, when indicated, speaking on behalf of the client (advocacy), helping clients to assert themselves, to modify undesirable behaviors, to link with needed resources, to face their challenges, to cope with crises, to develop improved understanding of their health-related thought processes and habits, to build needed self confidence to do what is required to help themselves deal with their health problem, to gain insight and support from others who are in a similar situation, to gain strength from humor, or from a supportive environment, and through spiritual experience, and from practicing tasks that are needed to deal with their health-related problems or from joining forces with others in the community to modify it in the interest of improved health status for all, or to gradually restore a sense of stability and normalcy after a traumatic experience. Most important of all, perhaps, is the “helping relationship” between client and social worker, which needs to be one of total understanding and acceptance of the client as a person. A sizable portion of the U.S. population lacks financial access to health care, where health care is regarded as a privilege rather than a right, as it is seen in all other industrial nations (except South Africa). Current trends in the U.S. health care system reflect efforts to control rising health care costs without dealing with the “real problems,” which are: (1) the lack of a single-payer health care system and: (2) the lack of focus on “public health.”

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