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Exploring Knowledge about Fang Traditional Medicine: An Informal Health Seeking Behaviour for Medical or Cultural Afflictions in Equatorial Guinea

dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Fernández, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Vazquez, Rocío
dc.contributor.authorMarín-Morales, Dolores
dc.contributor.authorHerráiz-Soria, Elena
dc.contributor.authorLosa-Iglesias, Marta Elena
dc.contributor.authorBecerro De Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorCorral-Liria, Inmaculada
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-22T12:54:21Z
dc.date.available2023-06-22T12:54:21Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-09
dc.description.abstractThis study explores a range of informal health-seeking behaviors, including the use of Fang Traditional Medicine (FTM) for medical or cultural afflictions in Equatorial Guinea (EQ), the therapeutic methods used, the health problems handled, the learning process, traditional medicine user profiles and the social images of Fang Traditional Healers (FTHs). Ethnography was employed as a qualitative strategy using emic–etic approaches. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 45 individuals, including 6 community leaders, 19 tribal elders, 7 healthcare professionals, 11 FTHs and 2 relatives of traditional healers in 5 districts of EQ. FTM offers a cure for malaria and treatments for reproductive health issues, bone fractures and cultural illnesses. Several methods used to learn FTM are based on empirical observation, and without the need for traditional schooling, unlike with Western medical professionals: for example, watching a family member, or the spirits or ancestors, can reveal healing knowledge. Materials from forests, including tree barks and plants, and rituals are used to keep Fang populations healthy; in addition, two rituals known as “osuiñ” and “etoak” (infusions of tree barks with the blood of sacrificed animals) are the most commonly used treatments. In addition, elders and women are the most active consumers of FTM. FTM plays a relevant role in curing medical and cultural afflictions in Fang communities. The informal health-seeking behavior among the Fang community is conditioned by the explanation model of illness.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Enfermería
dc.description.facultyFac. de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/77724
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare11060808
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060808
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/6/808
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/73312
dc.issue.number6
dc.journal.titleHealthcare
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.initial808
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.cdu2-382(671.8)
dc.subject.keywordFang ethnic group
dc.subject.keywordEquatorial Guinea
dc.subject.keywordHealth-seeking behavior
dc.subject.keywordtraditional Medicine
dc.subject.keywordEthnomedicine
dc.subject.keywordTraditional Healers
dc.subject.ucmEnfermería
dc.subject.unesco32 Ciencias Médicas
dc.titleExploring Knowledge about Fang Traditional Medicine: An Informal Health Seeking Behaviour for Medical or Cultural Afflictions in Equatorial Guinea
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number11
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