Traditional health practitioners� perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections

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dc.contributor.authorDavids, Denver
dc.contributor.authorBlouws, Tarryn
dc.contributor.authorAboyade, Oluwaseyi
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T09:21:26Z
dc.date.available2023-06-06T09:21:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIn South Africa, traditional health practitioners� (THPs) explanatory frameworks concerning illness aetiologies are much researched. However there is a gap in the literature on how THPs understand HIV-related opportunistic infections (OIs), i.e. tuberculosis, candidiasis and herpes zoster. This study aimed to comprehend THPs� understandings of the aforementioned; to ascertain and better understand the treatment methods used by THPs for HIV and OIs, while also contributing to the documentation of South African medicinal plants for future conservation. The study was conducted in two locations: Strand, Western Cape where THPs are trained and Mpoza village, Mount Frere, Eastern Cape from where medicinal plants are ordered or collected. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 53 THPs of whom 36 were diviners (amagrirha: isangoma) and 17 herbalists (inyanga). THPs were selected through a non-probability �snowball� method. Data were analysed using a thematic content analysis approach.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDavids, D. et al. (2014). Traditional health practitioners� perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 10, 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-77en_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-4269
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-77
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9031
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectTraditional health practitionersen_US
dc.subjectMedicinal plantsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleTraditional health practitioners� perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infectionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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