Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2629148 | Complementary Therapies in Medicine | 2015 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
- We conducted spatial analysis of traditional medicine utilisation in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Use of traditional medicine is a dominant health care practice in Ghana.
- Biologically-based therapies and energy healing are the common modalities of traditional medicine.
- No significant variation exists in traditional medicine use between rural-urban divide.
- Knowledge sources, forms and sources of traditional medicine differ across space.
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Authors
Razak Mohammed Gyasi, Felix Asante, Alexander Yao Segbefia, Kabila Abass, Charlotte Monica Mensah, Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw, Gabriel Eshun, Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei,