A Return to Traditional Health Care Practices
A Ghanaian Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18974288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nah Dove (0000-0002-4631-6807, Dove Solutions, Ghana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 823-834 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021934708320001 |
| OpenAlex | W2071764588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Policy on implementing Western medical practices throughout Africa has led a sustained attack on the relevance of traditional medical practices. The findings of the study on child upbringing practices in some Ghanaian communities emphasize the importance of increasing traditional practices and ethics. The majority of rural people in the study had little or no access to Western health care, nor did they have the finances to use it. Findings showed that a high percentage of children could not have survived without traditional medicines
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Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization
Animals traded for traditional medicine in Ghana
Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |