TY  - GEN
AU  - Van Den Hazel, Peter J.
TI  - Traditional medicine in Dominica: survey on the use of home-remedies and primary health care's influence on it
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Roseau
PB  - Ministry of Health
KW  - DOMINICA
KW  - TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
KW  - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
KW  - RURAL POPULATION
KW  - URBAN POPULATION
N2  - Cross-sectional survey on 254 respondents describes the influences of traditional medicine on the primary health care system. The background of the users, their opinions on self-care, steps for the treatment of specific complaints, the frequency of use, the source of treatment and the pattern of treatment (self- care before visiting the doctor) are described. The only significant difference found was the more frequent use of self-care by rural people. The frequency of visits of a doctor to a clinic, residency of a doctor and the location of the health centre viewed as primary health care factors were found to have no effect on the use of traditional self-care. Concludes that knowledge about the practices of self-care with herbal medicine was inadequate. The hypothesis is that older people use more herbal medicines than young people proved to be false
ER  -