The Contribution of Traditional Herbal Medicine Practitioners to Kenyan Health Care Delivery : Results from Community Health-seeking Behavior Vignettes and a Traditional Herbal Medicine Practitioner Survey

This study examines the role that Traditional Herbal Medicine Practitioners (THMPs) play in Kenya in the context of its human resources for health crisis. Two surveys were carried out to obtain evidence. The first documented the choices and percept...

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Main Authors:	Lambert, John, Leonard, Kenneth, Mungai, Geoffrey, Omindi-Ogaja, Elizabeth, Gatheru, Gladys, Mirangi, Mirangi, Owara, Jennifer, Herbst, Christopher H., Ramana, GNV, Lemiere, Christophe
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGED AIDS PATIENTS AILMENTS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AMOEBIASIS ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ARTHRITIS ASTHMA BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTHS BURNS CANCERS CAPACITY BUILDING CHILDBIRTH CHLAMYDIA CHOLESTEROL CLINICS COLDS COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE CONJUNCTIVITIS CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE DENTAL CARE DENTIST DENTISTS DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DIARRHOEA DISCRIMINATION DOCTOR DOCTORS DRUGS DYSENTERY ECLAMPSIA EPILEPSY EYE DISEASES FAMILIES FEMALE FEVER FORMAL EDUCATION GOVERNMENT SUPPORT HEADACHE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CAREDELIVERY HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH POSTS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HEALTH- SEEKING BEHAVIOR HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR HEMORRHAGE HEMORRHOIDS HERBAL REMEDIES HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE HYPERTENSION ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME INFANT INFECTION INFLAMMATION INJURIES INSECTICIDAL PROPERTIES INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTESTINAL PARASITES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVER MALARIA MALES MARKETING MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEASLES MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICINES MENOPAUSE MENSTRUATION MENTAL MIDWIFERY MIDWIVES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERN HEALTH CARE MODERN MEDICINE MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL POLICY NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSES NUTRITION OLDER WOMEN PAINS PARASITIC INFECTIONS PATIENT PATIENTS PEPTIC ULCERS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PHARMACIES PHARMACY PHYSICIANS PNEUMONIA POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREVALENCE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROSTAGLANDINS PROSTATE PROVISION OF SERVICES PSYCHOLOGISTS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS QUALITY CARE QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS ROOMS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL WOMEN SAFE MOTHERHOOD SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHISTOSOMIASIS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF CARE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE SKIN DISEASES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE SPECIALISTS SPECIES STD STDS STOMACH SURGERY SYMPTOMS SYNDROME SYPHILIS TB TERTIARY LEVEL THERAPIES TRACHOMA TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS TYPHOID ULCERS URBAN AREAS VENEREAL DISEASES VIRAL INFECTIONS VIRUS VOMITING WATER BORNE DISEASES WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WOUNDS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/15433729/contribution-traditional-herbal-medicine-practitioners-kenyan-health-care-delivery-results-community-health-seeking-behavior-vignettes-traditional-herbal-medicine-practitioner-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13588