Can socioeconomic factors influence the establishment of information mutation in local medical systems? A case study on the use of plant complexes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5282576 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mateus Rocha Da Silva Pereira (0000-0003-2454-5462), Janilo Ítalo Melo Dantas, André Luiz Borba Do Nascimento (0000-0002-6536-0926), Taline Cristina Silva |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnobiology and Conservation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2238-4782 • E-ISSN: 2238-4782 |
| Publisher | Universidade Estadual da Paraiba/Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Ethnobiology and Conservation) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15451/ec2021-04-10.21-1-12 |
| OpenAlex | W3152641481 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
Information mutations are unintended changes in information that can lead to the establishment of poorly adapted cultural traits in local medical systems. The use of plant mixtures in local medical systems, such as "bottles and lickers" could it be an important model to understand this phenomena, since the variability of information associated an only one plant mixture is high and may lead to an higher occurrence of error in the social transmition. In this study, we sought to investigate whether the socioeconomic variables: gender, age, and education influences the amount of information mutations on the knowledge of plant mixtures. Data collection followed the ethical parameters for research with human beings and consisted of two different applications of semi-structured interviews to access and analyze the Information Unit (IU) in regards to the passivity of information mutation between the individual learner and the individual giving information. We obtained 141 types of plant mixtures mentioned in the study. When analyzing our variables, age and education influenced the number of mutations (p<0.0008), showing that younger individuals had information with more information mutations about plant mixtures, and less educated individuals had less information mutations than those with more education (p<0.006). Thus, we encourage ethnobotanical research in other regions of the country to contribute to the effectiveness of the information transmitted about medicinal plants in local medical systems
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |