Responding to cough: Boholano illness classification and resort to care in response to childhood ARI

McNee, Andrew; Khan, Naeem; Dawson, Susan E.; Gunsalam, Joachim; Tallo, Veronica; Manderson, Lenore; Riley, Ian

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)00242-l

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“…Cultural beliefs and practices often lead to self-care or home remedies in rural areas and consultation with traditional or CAM healers (11). These factors at times result in a delay in treatment seeking and are more common not only for their own health but especially for children's illnesses (12,13). Use of CAM for gynecological problems amongst women is also common to all cultures (14).…”

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pakistan: Prospects and Limitations

Shaikh

Hatcher

2005

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Despite all the marvelous advancements in modern medicine, traditional medicine has always been practiced. More than 70% of the developing world's population still depends on the complementary and alternative systems of medicine (CAM). Cultural beliefs and practices often lead to self-care or home remedies in rural areas and consultation with traditional healers. Evidence-based CAM therapies have shown remarkable success in healing acute as well as chronic diseases. Alternative therapies have been utilized by people in Pakistan who have faith in spiritual healers, clergymen, hakeems, homeopaths or even many quacks. These are the first choice for problems such as infertility, epilepsy, psychosomatic troubles, depression and many other ailments. The traditional medicine sector has become an important source of health care, especially in rural and tribal areas of the country. The main reasons for consulting a CAM healer is the proximity, affordable fee, availability, family pressure and the strong opinion of the community. Pakistan has a very rich tradition in the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of various ailments. It necessitates the integration of the modern and CAM systems in terms of evidence-based information sharing. The health-seeking behavior of the people especially in developing countries calls for bringing all CAM healers into the mainstream by providing them with proper training, facilities and back-up for referral. A positive interaction between the two systems has to be harnessed to work for the common goal of improving health of the people.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pakistan: Prospects and Limitations

Shaikh

Hatcher

2005

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…Two studies commented that attending a healthcare provider had frequently been delayed because mothers had wanted to consult the head of the household before seeking care [55], [56].…”

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The Recognition of and Care Seeking Behaviour for Childhood Illness in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

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BackgroundPneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are among the leading causes of death in children. These deaths are largely preventable if appropriate care is sought early. This review aimed to determine the percentage of caregivers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a child less than 5 years who were able to recognise illness in their child and subsequently sought care from different types of healthcare providers.Methods and FindingsWe conducted a systematic literature review of studies that reported recognition of, and/or care seeking for episodes of diarrhoea, pneumonia or malaria in LMICs. The review is registered with PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42011001654). Ninety-one studies met the inclusion criteria. Eighteen studies reported data on caregiver recognition of disease and seventy-seven studies on care seeking. The median sensitivity of recognition of diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia was low (36.0%, 37.4%, and 45.8%, respectively). A median of 73.0% of caregivers sought care outside the home. Care seeking from community health workers (median: 5.4% for diarrhoea, 4.2% for pneumonia, and 1.3% for malaria) and the use of oral rehydration therapy (median: 34%) was low.ConclusionsGiven the importance of this topic to child survival programmes there are few published studies. Recognition of diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia by caregivers is generally poor and represents a key factor to address in attempts to improve health care utilisation. In addition, considering that oral rehydration therapy has been widely recommended for over forty years, its use remains disappointingly low. Similarly, the reported levels of care seeking from community health workers in the included studies are low even though global action plans to address these illnesses promote community case management. Giving greater priority to research on care seeking could provide crucial evidence to inform child mortality programmes.

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“…Yet, some of the children nine years and older included in their body maps a very large atay (liver), an organ that they know to be the favorite meal of bloodthirsty, supernatural aswang who are said to roam the community. Similarly, although it rarely showed up on their drawings, many children told us they had had kibit, or what is known as piang on nearby Bohol and Cebu islands (McNee et al 1995;Tallo 1999). Distinct from bruising (pakris) and skeletal breaks, kibit refers to pain and swelling resulting when ''something'' inside the body is ''fractured.''…”

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“…6 Headaches were often attributed to too much play or work in the sun or to bathing or playing in the rain (gahampang sa ulan). The health effects of seasons, rain, and temperature changes are reported throughout the Visayan Philippines (Jocano 1969;McNee et al 1995;Nichter 1994;Tallo 1999). These factors are probably traceable to ideas about hot-cold qualities (which are widespread in Malay-descended populations) (Becker 2003;Laderman 1987), to Visayan beliefs about powerful and evil (maligno) winds (Jocano 1969;Tallo 1999), and to humoral notions of body and illness brought by the Spanish colonizers (Nichter 1994:653).…”

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Body and Illness: Considering Visayan Filipino Children's Perspectives within Local and Global Relationships of Inequality

Mitchell

2006

Medical Anthropology

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Despite a plethora of studies counting, examining, assessing, and diagnosing Filipino children living in poverty, children's own perceptions and concerns about their health and security are rarely elicited. This article draws from fieldwork in an urban neighbourhood in the Visayan Philippines among children who, every day, face a complex and precarious landscape dominated by multigenerational poverty, social marginalization, recurring hunger, and the hazards of living and playing amidst mounting garbage and effluent. I discuss children's perspectives on body and illness in this challenging environment and examine their ideas within the larger context of adult-child, hierarchical relationships, and colonial and contemporary government discourses on children, health, and citizenship. I also examine children's sense of place, agency, and vulnerability, and I discuss the view held by many adults in this community: their children's ideas hold little value.

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Responding to cough: Boholano illness classification and resort to care in response to childhood ARI

Cited by 32 publications

References 17 publications

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pakistan: Prospects and Limitations

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pakistan: Prospects and Limitations

The Recognition of and Care Seeking Behaviour for Childhood Illness in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

Body and Illness: Considering Visayan Filipino Children's Perspectives within Local and Global Relationships of Inequality

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