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Herbalists’ explanations of infertility: The case of Northern and Southern Ghana

Dorcas, Ofosu-Budu; Vilma, Hänninen.
African Journal of Reproductive Health; 26 (5), 2022
In sub-Saharan Africa, traditional medical practitioners also referred to as herbalists, offer diagnostics and therapeutics for diverse medical conditions irrespective of the cause. Given their traditional role as healers and repository of knowledge about medicinal plants, spirituality, customs and relig...
Traditional Complex Medical Systems, Plants, Family Nurse Practitioners, Spirituality, Culture, Religion, Infertility, Women, Ghana
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The role of spirituality and religiosity in psychoactive substance use among adolescents in a Nigerian Hospital

Falade, Joshua; Mustapha, A F; Oyebanji, A H; Falade, O O.
Babcock Univ. Med. J; 5 (2), 2022
Objective: Adolescence is a transition period where drug experimentation is common. Spirituality and religiosity have been recognized by literature as having a possible role in stabilizing good physical and mental health. To compare the religiosity and spirituality among adolescents abusing a psychoactiv...
Substance-Related Disorders, Psychotropic Drugs, Mental Health, Spirituality, Religion, Religion and Medicine, Adolescent
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Perception of COVID-19 and acceptance of vaccination in Delta State Nigeria

Josiah, Blessing Osagumwendia; Kantaris, Marios.
The Nigerian Health Journal; 21 (2), 2021
Background: With more than 80 million recorded cases and over 1.7 million deaths at the time of this research, providing safe effective vaccine to curb the ravaging COVID-19 has emerged a global priority. Public attitude towards COVID-19 and interventions like vaccination varies considerably as the acces...
COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Perception, Religion, Cultural Factors, Nigeria
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