When local phytotherapies meet biomedicine. Cross-sectional study of knowledge and intercultural practices against malaria in Eastern French Guiana

Odonne, Guillaume; Musset, Lise; Cropet, Claire; Philogène, Bernard J. R.; Gaillet, Mélanie; Tareau, Marc Alexandre; Douine, Maylis; Michaud, Céline; Davy, Damien; Epelboin, Loïc; Lazrek, Yassamine; Brousse, Paul; Travers, Philippe; Djossou, Félix; Mosnier, Émilie

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2021.114384

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“…Despite the accounts of treatments involving pharmaceuticals and home remedies, the systems in place are more complex than either system separately or simply combined. This corresponds to a survey of malarial remedies in French Guiana, where biomedicine and phytotherapies are used together (Odonne et al 2021). At the same time, in another study of ethnoveterinary versus contemporary biomedicine in to the field, to the Special Indigenous Sanitary District (DSEI), to the Special Secretary of Indigenous Health (SESAI), to Carla and Saidi, companions on trips, as well as to Camila Sobral and Marivelton Barroso for support in the initial phase of this research.…”

Section: Management Of Malaria In Indigenous Groupsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The Indigenous communities we surveyed were mostly multi-ethnic (except for the Yanomami), owing to historical colonization, slave trafficking, exploitation of natural resources (such as rubber), Christian evangelization, and government programs, among other factors (Buchillet 1997). An understanding of how the area's tumultuous history (social, political, economic) has influenced perceptions of malaria could be useful in the development of public policy that could contribute to improved success in future malaria control, as well as to the implementation of educational programs that respect local realities and knowledge (Odonne et al 2021).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically for malaria, several studies into health knowledge in Africa have demonstrated that contact between the Indigenous and biomedical health systems can lead to either mutual learning (Kimbi et al 2014; Odonne et al 2021) or competition and tensions (Abdullahi 2011; Beiersmann et al 2007; Hillenbrand 2006). These studies also highlight the importance of health education in combating malaria and recognizing the importance of local knowledge and ethnomedicinal practices in developing more effective, specific practices for this disease's management and eradication.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Amazonian Forest Peoples' Perceptions of Malaria on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, are Shaped by Both Local and Scientific Knowledge

Frausin

Bruno

Hidalgo

et al. 2022

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Malaria is endemic in Brazilian Amazonia, accounting for 99% of national cases. Amazonian forest peoples (both Indigenous and traditional) understand and treat the disease based on their knowledge, rituals, and religion. In recent decades, biomedical health coverage has expanded in the region, with implications for local perceptions and practices to prevent, treat, and recover from malaria. This paper attempts to understand how the expansion of biomedical healthcare among forest peoples interacts with their ethnomedicinal knowledge. Our results clearly indicate that most of our research participants in rural northwest Amazonia believe that malaria has a variety of causes, forms of prevention, and treatment. We also found that these beliefs are shaped by both local knowledge (including Indigenous) and some technical concepts of biomedicine. Consequently, new approaches and practices in healthcare need to be developed which consider forest peoples' perceptions and understanding.

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Section: Management Of Malaria In Indigenous Groupsmentioning

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Amazonian Forest Peoples' Perceptions of Malaria on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, are Shaped by Both Local and Scientific Knowledge

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Bruno

Hidalgo

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Journal of Ethnobiology

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“…The support of community and political leaders is still insufficient and would improve confidence in the prevention proposals of the health system. The involvement of traditional practitioners in the prevention of COVID-19, including vaccination, could also be beneficial as some respondents mentioned the importance of herbal medicine as a means of preventing the disease [24][25][26].…”

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Levers and Barriers to Vaccinate against COVID-19 in the Multicultural Context of French Guiana: A Qualitative Cross-Sectional Survey among Health Care Workers

Douine

Granier

Brureau³

et al. 2021

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In French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America facing a fourth wave of COVID-19, vaccination coverage is very low, both in the population and among health care workers (HCWs). Vaccine hesitancy concerned 35.7% of the latter in early 2021. The objective of this complementary study is to understand barriers and levers and to adapt messages to increase vaccination coverage among HCWs. We conducted a regional cross-sectional survey of HCWs with a questionnaire containing open-ended questions exploring factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and the needs to adapt the vaccination campaign in French Guiana. The discourses were analyzed using a qualitative approach based on grounded theory, with open coding of data by themes and construction of abstract categories. The analysis of the 357 responses collected from January to March 2021 reveals several trends. The ethical aspect of the HCWs’ role emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated themselves (to protect patients, to set an example...) and of vaccinating as many people as possible, including the most geographically or socially distant, such as undocumented migrants. However, some HCWs remain suspicious of the vaccine with concerns over the efficacy and side effects, of health institutions, and of the pharmaceutical industry. The role of fake news circulating on social networks has been widely discussed. Efforts to explain and convince HCWs must be continued in French Guiana using the identified levers to improve the acceptability of vaccination.

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“…Hybridization is the process by which different types of medicine coexist; it can affect the knowledge and use of traditional medicine through the substitution of a medicinal plant for an allopathic medicine or complement the treatment of diseases [ 11 ]. Additionally, socioeconomic factors can influence hybridization [ 12 – 14 ] as well as medicinal knowledge, as demonstrated in the following paragraphs.…”

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Easy Access to Biomedicine and Knowledge about Medicinal Plants: A Case Study in a Semiarid Region of Brazil

Sousa

Albuquerque

Araújo

2022

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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We aimed to evaluate how proximity to urban areas interferes with the relationship between socioeconomic variables and various aspects of medicinal plant knowledge. The study was conducted in six communities of the Catimbau National Park (PARNA Catimbau) in the state of Pernambuco. Eighty participants were interviewed. The communities were divided into two groups according to their distance from the nearest urban center. Socioeconomic data and information on medicinal plants were collected through semistructured interviews. Subsequently, generalized linear models were generated to verify the influence of the interaction between the variables on medicinal knowledge. We observed that proximity to the urban center influenced the relationship between the level of education and the knowledge of body systems treated by medicinal plants. We concluded that environmental variables can generate a differentiated effect on the influence of socioeconomic factors on one’s knowledge of medicinal plants.

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When local phytotherapies meet biomedicine. Cross-sectional study of knowledge and intercultural practices against malaria in Eastern French Guiana

Cited by 15 publications

References 61 publications

Amazonian Forest Peoples' Perceptions of Malaria on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, are Shaped by Both Local and Scientific Knowledge

Amazonian Forest Peoples' Perceptions of Malaria on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, are Shaped by Both Local and Scientific Knowledge

Levers and Barriers to Vaccinate against COVID-19 in the Multicultural Context of French Guiana: A Qualitative Cross-Sectional Survey among Health Care Workers

Easy Access to Biomedicine and Knowledge about Medicinal Plants: A Case Study in a Semiarid Region of Brazil

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