ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY IN FAITH HEALERS OF COLINA DO HORTO, IN JUAZEIRO DO NORTE-CE, BRAZIL

Much of our information and knowledge today is derived from popular culture, including the use of medicines to treat diseases that affect humankind. Ethnopharmacological research allows the knowledge of traditional communities to contribute to scientific studies and vice versa, since it involves not only botanical and pharmaceutical knowledge but also anthropology aspects. Throughout the Ceará Cariri region, the use of natural resources in traditional healing methods is very evident. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the popular knowledge about the therapeutic use of natural resources by faith healers in Colina do Horto in Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil. Informants who were self-proclaimed prayer people and faith healers, of both sexes, were subjected to semi-structured interviews consisting of guiding questions, which allowed us to achieve the proposed objectives. The data collected were related to the origin of the resources used in magical-religious procedures, part used, method of preparation, required amount, indications for use and contraindications. Analysis of data allowed the tabulation of the species so as to correlate all the variables studied. In addition, informant consensus factor and relative importance were determined. The informants had an average age of 66 years, and the majority were elderly, illiterate and female. Among the six species used in the healing procedures, the most prevalent was Jatropha gossypiifolia. Of the 53 species cited as complementary for healing, those especially used belonged to the families Lamiaceae and Asteraceae.

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Network Perspective: Knowledge and Use of Natural Medical Resources and Urbanization

10.21203/rs.3.rs-290461/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sara Tavares de Sousa Machado ◽

Cícera Norma Fernandes Lima ◽

Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira ◽

Paulo Ricardo Batista ◽

Heitor Tavares de Sousa Machado ◽

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Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Cultural Dynamics ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Urbanization Level ◽

Work Location ◽

Left Behind ◽

Stratification Method ◽

Popular Knowledge ◽

Socioeconomic Profile

Abstract In view of the society development and the populational growth, significant transformations in local regional customs are occurring, so that, the use, management and preparation of medicinal natural resources are being significantly altered. Thus, it is essential the development of methods to recognise how and for what reasons the habit of using these resources is being left behind. The present study aims to analyse the existence of an exclusion relationship between traditional knowledge and urbanization in the different sample strata. The research was developed in Crato, Ceará. For data collection, the stratification method and the snow ball technique were used, having as instruments, sociodemographic forms and semi-structured interviews. The results were analysed in a qualitative and quantitative way, using descriptive-associative statistics. The study sample consisted of 125 people of both sexes, living in the strata drawn, aged between 18 and 80. As for the socioeconomic profile, most of the interviewees are female, married and low educational attainment. Evaluating the correlations between the variables that involve the central objective of this work (location and knowledge), it was possible to notice a weak and negative correlation, so that the higher the urbanization level, the lower the knowledge. Therefore, the place has the role of defining popular knowledge about natural resources used as therapeutic products. In short, it is concluded that ethnobiological knowledge is present, however, it has been modified with the acquisition of new knowledge, due to the cultural dynamics of metamorphic societies.

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Implementing accountability for reasonableness – the case of pharmaceutical reimbursement in Sweden

Health Economics Policy and Law ◽

10.1017/s1744133107004082 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 153-171 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

SANDRA JANSSON

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Social Learning ◽

Priority Setting ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Priority Setting Process ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Accountability For Reasonableness ◽

Setting Process ◽

A Priority

AbstractThis paper aims to describe the priority-setting procedure for new original pharmaceuticals practiced by the Swedish Pharmaceutical Benefits Board (LFN), to analyse the outcome of the procedure in terms of decisions and the relative importance of ethical principles, and to examine the reactions of stakeholders. All the ‘principally important’ decisions made by the LFN during its first 33 months of operation were analysed. The study is theoretically anchored in the theory of fair and legitimate priority-setting procedures by Daniels and Sabin, and is based on public documents, media articles, and semi-structured interviews. Only nine cases resulted in a rejection of a subsidy by the LFN and 15 in a limited or conditional subsidy. Total rejections rather than limitations gave rise to actions by stakeholders. Primarily, the principle of cost-effectiveness was used when limiting/conditioning or totally rejecting a subsidy. This study suggests that implementing a priority-setting process that fulfils the conditions of accountability for reasonableness can result in a priority-setting process which is generally perceived as fair and legitimate by the major stakeholders and may increase social learning in terms of accepting the necessity of priority setting in health care. The principle of cost-effectiveness increased in importance when the demand for openness and transparency increased.

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Knowledge transfer and management among Malay traditional massage practitioners in the north of Malaysia

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20184505005 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 05005

Author(s):

Norizan Esa ◽

Salasiah Che Lah ◽

Sakiinah Mahamad Hakimi

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Family Members ◽

Traditional Healing ◽

Community Or ◽

The North ◽

The Family ◽

The Individual

Local knowledge is knowledge transferred across generations by individuals or community through experience in the environment they live in. This includes the knowledge and practices that are still practiced by a community or individual. Apart from trust, the willingness and capacity to share what they know and use what they learn plays an important role for local knowledge to be transferred and managed. In Malaysia, traditional Malay massage is a form of traditional healing among the Malay society that was recorded since the 19th century through Kitab Tib manuscript. This form of healing uses natural resources, wafak (letters, numerals and diagrams), Quranic verses and doa (prayers and supplications) in the healing practice. This paper attempts to explore on how the knowledge is passed down from expert to apprentice. This study involves interviews and observation on selected Malay traditional massage practitioners. In conclusion, knowledge transfer among Malay traditional massage practitioners only happens when there is trust trust. Knowledge is passed down within their family members and learned from observation and experience. The traditional Malay massage remains only within the individual or a limited number within the family community rather than the community as a whole.

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Interviewers’ Sensitivity to Impression Management Tactics in Structured Interviews

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.24.3.174 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 174-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Filip Lievens ◽

Helga Peeters

Keyword(s):

Impression Management ◽

Relative Weight ◽

Psychology Students ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Two Samples ◽

Interview Format ◽

Behavior Description ◽

Impression Management Tactics ◽

Management Tactics

This study examines interviewers’ sensitivity to impression management in structured interviews by determining the relative importance that interviewers attach to (verbal and nonverbal) impression management as compared to the relative importance that they attach to predetermined competencies. Two samples of interviewers (55 Master I/O psychology students and 18 professional interviewers) watched and evaluated videotaped interviewees who were instructed to put their best foot forward. Results of relative weight analyses showed that the importance of verbal and nonverbal impression management tactics was relatively small as compared to the importance attached to job-related competencies. The type of interview format had some effect on interviewers’ sensitivity to impression management tactics. In particular, in behavior description interviews the interviewers in both samples attached most relative weight to self-focused verbal tactics. Interviewer experience was not related to interviewers’ sensitivity to impression management tactics.

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Upaya Pemberdayaan Subak Umabun sebagai Lembaga Agribisnis di Desa Angantaka Kecamatan Abiansemal Kabupaten Badung

Jurnal Agribisnis dan Agrowisata (Journal of Agribusiness and Agritourism) ◽

10.24843/jaa.2018.v07.i03.p07 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 383

Author(s):

DEWA PUTU ALIT SUDIRA ◽

NI WAYAN SRI ASTITI ◽

I GEDE SETIAWAN ADI PUTRA

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Financial Resources ◽

High Achievement ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Achievement Score ◽

The Government

Measuring Empowerment Subak Umabun As Agribusiness Board at VillageAngantaka Abiansemal Badung District Research efforts empowerment subak as agribusiness board aims to boost the economyand the welfare of farmers, so that the culture of agriculture demand and not abandonedby society, particularly Subak Umabun. This study aims to (1) identify the potentialSubak Umabun related to natural resources, human resources and financial resources,(2) To know the efforts made to empower the board to Subak Umabun agribusiness.This research was conducted at Subak Umabun, the number of respondents 75 peopleappointed by the formula slovin, data that is used structured interviews and in-depthinterviews.The results showed that the potential of Subak Umabun aspects of naturalresources, human resources and financial resources are classified with an average scoreof 3,19. Further empowerment undertaken by Subak Umabun are classified by score of3,21. And the last institution in agribusiness Subak Umabun high achievement score of3,68. Based on these results, it is recommended to the government through theDepartment of Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry Badung need to deepen the study ofthis kind, so that the programs formulated by the government not only in the form ofsocial assistance

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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants of the Pantanal Region (Mato Grosso, Brazil)

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ◽

10.1155/2012/272749 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski ◽

Fabrício Rios Santos ◽

Rafael Melo de Oliveira ◽

Mariano Martinez Espinosa ◽

Miramy Macedo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Hibiscus Sabdariffa ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Ethnobotanical Survey ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Respiratory Problems ◽

Scoparia Dulcis ◽

Informant Consensus ◽

External Causes ◽

Mental And Behavioral Disorders

Traditional knowledge is an important source of obtaining new phytotherapeutic agents. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants was conducted in Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Chumbo District (NSACD), located in Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil using semi-structured questionnaires and interviews. 376 species of medicinal plants belonging to 285 genera and 102 families were cited. Fabaceae (10.2%), Asteraceae (7.82%) and Lamaceae (4.89%) families are of greater importance. Species with the greater relative importance wereHimatanthus obovatus(1.87),Hibiscus sabdariffa(1.87),Solidago microglossa(1.80),Strychnos pseudoquina(1.73) andDorstenia brasiliensis,Scoparia dulcisL., andLuehea divaricata(1.50). The informant consensus factor (ICF) ranged from 0.13 to 0.78 encompassing 18 disease categories,of which 15 had ICF greater than 0.50, with a predominance of disease categories related to injuries, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (ICF = 0.78) having 65 species cited while 20 species were cited for mental and behavioral disorders (ICF = 0.77). The results show that knowledge about medicinal plants is evenly distributed among the population of NSACD. This population possesses medicinal plants for most disease categories, with the highest concordance for prenatal, mental/behavioral and respiratory problems.

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The haunted culture—Shamanic heroes in the cultural content industry of South Korea

Acta Orientalia Vilnensia ◽

10.15388/aov.2011.0.1098 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 79-104

Author(s):

Jinseok Seo

Keyword(s):

Popular Culture ◽

South Korea ◽

Natural Resources ◽

21St Century ◽

Consumer Market ◽

Long Time ◽

The Usa ◽

Asian Market ◽

Cultural Content ◽

Short Time

Vytautas Magnus UniversityKorea, with insufficient natural resources and a limited consumer market, began to take notice of the cultural content industry in the 21st century. This means that the cultivation of this industry has not taken place for a long time compared to Japan, the USA or Hong Kong. Yet Korea has obtained an astonishing outcome in a short time. The popular culture of South Korea, with the appellation of hallyu, boasted of an enormous strength initially in the Asian market and subsequently stretched to markets in other countries, too. Seeing that Korean cultural archetypes do not play a successful role in the cultural content business of Korea in general, the position of shamanism is truly trivial among the others. I would like to analyse and discuss the meaning, function and potential of Korean shamanism in the field of the Korean cultural content industry.

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Exploring the Ethnopharmaceutical Plants of Osing Tribe in Banyuwangi Regency: Potential Application for COVID-19 Therapy

Ulum Islamiyyah ◽

10.33102/uij.vol33no3.330 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 113-120

Author(s):

Endah Puspitasari ◽

Alfina Eka Damayanti ◽

Intan Nabila Sufi Zikrina ◽

Dewi Dianasari

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Research ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Centella Asiatica ◽

Immunomodulatory Activity ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Literature Study ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Informant Consensus ◽

Plant Exploration ◽

Further Development

Ethnopharmacy is the study on herbs or plants that certain ethnic groups practice for treating particular illness. Scientific reporting of beneficial therapeutic plants through this study could promote further development of herbal medicines. We conducted an ethnopharmacy study at several villages of Osing tribe located in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, to identify plants that have the potential to be tested for certain bioactivity, in this case, for COVID-19 therapy. The snowball and purposive sampling methods using qualitative and quantitative research with semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were applied for this study. The parameters used were the Use Value (UV), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF), and Fidelity Level (FL). The plants used in this study were obtained and determined at Balai Konservasi Tumbuhan Kebun Raya Purwodadi, the Indonesian Institute of Science. The results were then followed by the literature study on the plants’ potential for COVID-19 therapy. Plant exploration was obtained by considering the results of UV calculation. Based on UV calculations in ethnopharmacy studies, there are several plants that are considered essential and have more efficacies. They are temulawak, turmeric, suruh, gigen-gigen, mating, anggrek merpati and pace. Three of the eight plants potentially possess immunomodulatory activity that can be used to prevent the infections of SARS-CoV-2. They are the temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza), turmeric (Curcuma domestica) and gigen-gigen (Centella asiatica).

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Environmental Justice and Women Empowerment in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda): Case Study of Kitabi Women Handcrafts Cooperative

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change ◽

10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i230098 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 77-87

Author(s):

Gloriose Umuziranenge

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Environmental Justice ◽

Natural Resources ◽

National Park ◽

Family Relations ◽

Monitoring And Evaluation ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

High Interest Rate ◽

Women's Voices

In the framework of the community participation in conservation in Rwanda, a women handcraft cooperative was established in 2011 in the surrounding of Nyungwe National Park in Kitabi sector and Nyamagabe District. It aimed to empower economically and socially wives of former hunters who were themselves relying on natural resources and involved in harvesting different resources in park for making handcraft products. The empowerment was intended to reduce the reliance to natural resources and to contribute to the protection of the park. The objective of the study was to investigate and examine women’s experiences about their empowerment through environmental justice, in terms of distributive and procedural justice and challenges faced by women. In doing so, participants were purposively selected in women handicraft cooperative and in administration bodies. With regards to data collection and analysis, semi-structured interviews and content analysis were used. The findings showed that women are socially and economically empowered. In terms of economic empowerment, access to financial loans, savings, employment and income generating projects are the major indicators of the empowerment. Improved capacity building and family relations are major concerns of social handcraft cooperative members. Regarding the participation of women in decision-making process, the findings are controversial. However, it is still limited because of the dominance of top-down approach that does not consider enough women’s voices and suggestions in decision making. Cooperative women members perceive and consider the process of communication and decision-making as passive because they are almost absent in the monitoring and evaluation processes. The participation of the community members including women only appears through meetings with or without elected representatives. The process of women empowerment is still limited by some challenges such as crop raiding, complicated and slow compensation process, high interest rate and slow process of loan and inadequate communication. The partnership approach is then recommended so as to consider women’s needs and voices in the implementation of natural resources conservation policies.

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Cactaceae: uses and knowledge of rural communities in the semi-arid zones of Cucaita, Ráquira and Villa de Leyva (Boyacá, Colombia)

10.1101/2020.12.08.416065 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Porras–Flórez ◽

Sofía Albesiano ◽

Kendry Hernández–Herrera ◽

Nubia Gómez–Velázco ◽

Leopoldo Arrieta–Violet

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Educational Level ◽

Large Scale ◽

Arid Zones ◽

Arid Areas ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

The Family ◽

Large Scale Cultivation ◽

Semi Arid

AbstractTaxa of the family Cactaceae presents morphological and reproductive characteristics, which are used by rural communities in arid and semi-arid areas, for food, medicinal and ornamental purposes. The objectives were to identify the most used species and to relate the socioeconomic factors of the informants with their knowledge of the species. To this end, 262 semi-structured interviews were applied, with questions such as name, age, gender, educational level, source of employment, among others; eight categories of use were established: agro-ecological, agricultural, commercial, environmental service, food, medicinal, ornamental and technological; three indexes were calculated, relative importance, the value of use for each of the species and wealth of knowledge of the interviewees. Nine species are reported, from which eight are used as food and ornamental, standing out Opuntia ficus-indica for its diversity of uses, while Cylindropuntia tunicata does not report any utility. Variables such as age and residence time showed a significant relationship with the number of plants used by the interviewees. It is expected to contribute to the preservation of cacti, local knowledge and encourage large-scale cultivation since species such as Mammillaria columbiana, Melocactus andinus, and Melocactus curvispinus are being used in an unsustainable way, which could cause their local extinction.

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