scholarly journals Naturopathic Medicine and Public Health Management in Ghana; A Mixed Questionnaire Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
Raphael Nyarkotey Obu ◽  
Lawrencia Aggrey-Bluwey
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Naturopathic Medicine ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Public Health Management

Background: Naturopathic medicine is at its embryonic stage of development in Ghana and West Africa in entirety. In jurisdictions where Naturopathic medicine is well regulated, Naturopathic practitioners are well integrated into the primary healthcare delivery team. In Ghana, the case is quite different due to a myriad of issues. Objectives: This study examines the role of Naturopathic medicine in Public Health in Ghana and potential policy direction for adoption of Naturopathic protocols in global pandemic management, the challenges faced by Naturopathic Physicians in primary healthcare delivery, and the challenges of Naturopathic Medical Students on their clerkship at one of the designated government Hospitals.  Methods: The study adopted a mixed questionnaires study engaged in integrated data analysis. The respondents in this study were selected Naturopathic Medical Students of the Nyarkotey College of Holistic Medicine, Ghana.  Results: Out of a sample size of 28, 100% (28) believed that, there is a role of Naturopathic medicine in public health management. 95% asserted that very little naturopathic remedies have been employed in the fight against Covid-19 in Ghana. There was also a unanimous agreement (100%) that Ghana needs to adopt a National Policy on Naturopathic remedies in Public Health.  Conclusion: Naturopathic medicine should be embraced fully into Ghanaian primary healthcare delivery. It is important to look at the best practices which exist in other jurisdictions such as China and India for adoption. It is time for the policy makers to speed up the passage of the Traditional and Alternative Medicine bill.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Complementary Alternative Medicines in Primary Healthcare in Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Raphael Nyarkotey Obu ◽  
Lawrencia Aggrey–Bluwey
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Complementary Alternative Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicines

Background: The embryonic field of complementary alternative medicine in Ghana is gradually taking shape. Alternative medicine in Ghana is an important system of medical practice with legislation currently pending for promulgation. Objectives: To support this embryonic industry for potential role into our primary healthcare and public health system, there is a need for robust health care policy in the area of standardization coupled with strong political willpower and research in Ghana. The aim of this case study is to reflect the role of complementary alternative medicine in primary healthcare in Ghana. Methods: The study incorporates a mixed method engaged in integrated data analysis to investigate the challenges of practitioners of complementary alternative medicines as primary healthcare givers. Additionally, it evaluates the pull factors that drive consumers to complementary alternative remedies from the perspectives of the practitioners and finally, to evaluate the opinions of practitioners on consumers’ push factors from mainstream medicine using Ghana as a case model. Results: This study demonstrates that there is a role of complementary alternative medicine in primary healthcare delivery as well as the public health system. However, there are multifactorial challenges in the sector as respondents outlined lack of standardization, disunity and mistrust between complementary alternative medicine and mainstream medical practice. Some of these opposing forces prevent recognition of these remedies into the national healthcare delivery system.  Conclusion: While our findings demonstrate that there is a role of complementary alternative medicines in our public health and primary healthcare in Ghana, we recommend collaboration between complementary alternative and conventional medical practitioners for improvement of quality of life the consumers. We are of the view that, unhealthy competition between the two medical systems should be controlled.

Role of GIS in public health management in Pakistan

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hussain ◽  
M. Arsalan ◽  
M. Mehdi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Public Health Management

scholarly journals Leaders’ Future Orientation and Public Health Investment Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Efficacy and Perceived Social Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6922
Author(s):  
Jianming Wang ◽  
Tsung Piao Chou ◽  
Chia-Pin Chen ◽  
Xiangzhi Bu
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Health Investment ◽  
Public Health Management

Prior studies have investigated the issue of public health and health policy from economic, environmental, and healthcare perspectives. Research on public health from leaders’ perspective may also help to advance our knowledge about leaders’ perceptions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions toward public health management. Therefore, this study is based on social ideal theory, social cognitive theory, and social trust theory to investigate the influence of leaders’ future orientation on public health investment intention with the mediating role of leaders’ self-efficacy and the moderating role of perceived social support. Using a structural equation modeling with a sample data of 381 leaders of government agencies in Vietnam, empirical results indicate that leaders’ future orientation has a positive influence on public health investment intention. Furthermore, self-efficacy is found to have a positive mediating effect in the relationship between leaders’ future orientation and public health investment intention. In addition, perceived social support positively moderates the link between leaders’ future orientation and self-efficacy. Perceived social support also moderates the indirect effect of leaders’ future orientation on public health investment intention through self-efficacy. On one hand, this study contributes to theoretical research by clarifying the effects of leaders’ perceptions, and cognitive and behavioral intentions toward public health investment. Findings of this study may have implications for researchers who may have interest in studying the issue of public health management from leaders’ viewpoints. On the other hand, this study contributes to practitioners since understanding how leaders’ characteristics affect public health investment will enhance the quality of policy makers’ decision-making in improving public health for citizens and society.

Critical Systems for Public Health Management of Floods, North Dakota

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim W. Wiedrich ◽  
Juli L. Sickler ◽  
Brenda L. Vossler ◽  
Stephen P. Pickard
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
North Dakota ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Public Health Management
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