The theory posited that diseases were the product of environmental factors such as contaminated water, foul air, and poor hygienic conditions. In testing our hypothesis on whether cultural beliefs of infant mortality among working mothers in Nigeria would vary by age, education, and income, we used a hierarchical linear regression analysis to better understand the independent effects of each variable. We've encountered a problem, please try again. A successful integrated primary health care strategy should include strategies for supporting patients needs in all three of these domains. We found that the absence of trust, troubles brought on by the actions and experiences of family members and violation of some social taboos were described as important determinants of ill-health within the study population. Letter to the Editor: "Orthopaedic and trauma care in low-resource settings: the burden and its challenges". The current Ethiopian indigenous health strategy (the National health strategies with regard to Indigenous Solution reported in March 2015) acknowledges the need to support components of indigenous medication including recommendations to explore potential beneficial aspects [31]. If we see someone leave home at the wrong time, we say he is going to bring affliction [Male, Study Community # 4]. Promot Educ Suppl. The relevance of traditional medicinal cultures to modern primary health care. Soc Sci Med. Terms and Conditions, Therefore, the explanatory model of illness causation in this community was very similar to that of the Murdock model with one key difference: social elements need to be added to the model. A high level of its acceptance was responsible for the progress in fathoming the nature of diseases leading to a significant decline in the proliferation of diseases. The connection between ill-health and lying needs further exploration for indigenous groups like this. Unauthorized use of these marks is strictly prohibited. The other criterion was the interest shown by the health extension workers to collaborate in the study. Disease is an important entity in healthcare. PubMed Qualitative inquiry and research design. He attended St. Xaviers College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal, to complete his Master of Science in Microbiology. Similar to other cultural groups in developing countries around the world [11], many of the Tehuledere people attribute illness to the wrath of supernatural forces. A world survey. This volunteer participatory observation helped him to access research participants and health extension workers working in health institutions. The study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee in the College of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University, with either in writing or verbally (for those who were illiterate) consent to participate in the study being obtained from all study participants. The breakthrough came in 1860, when the French bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) demonstrated the presence of bacteria in air. Weve updated our privacy policy so that we are compliant with changing global privacy regulations and to provide you with insight into the limited ways in which we use your data. Health was attributed by study participants to the will of God/Allah Who sends Melayka (the guardian angel) into peoples homes: Many thanks to Allah! hb```DV cc`aa,z0wCV)M\yZT"dRUG>!^pJ4*IHm4 #W}Lg``T PA&cqhd' -`A=L7ppv. Each of these sub-categories will be described briefly below. In 2014, communicable diseases including malaria, lung infections, diarrheal, intestinal parasites, eye infections, skin disease, and rheumatism were the major public health problems in the area [15]. Germ theory was first clearly stated by an Italian physician named Girolamo Fracastoro in the mid-1500s. doi:10.2105/ajph.11.10.908. Durowaye M, Adeboye M, Yahaya-Kongoila S, Adaje A, et al. He is interested in research on actinobacteria, myxobacteria, and natural products. BMC Public Health Nature of qualitative evidence. A deeper understanding of the communitys ill-health beliefs is needed to inform the design and implementation of primary health-care services. Soc Sci Med. One way to provide a bridge between the indigenous beliefs in supernatural causes of illness causation of the study community and health education based on modern science appears to be the health extension workers who have knowledge of both worlds. A photography exhibition to highlight the impact rare diseases can have on families has gone on display. . Springer Nature. FOIA Theory of web of causation was given by Mc Mohan and Pugh. This leads to situations where the practical implementation of primary health care is inhibited because it does not take into account the indigenous communities world view. TeleFax +91-581-2302188. For example, if a man cheats on his wife, this could cause illnesses: A person will be healthy when he settles at home, and is not cheating on his wife. The majority of participants in the study stated that the human body may malfunction due to old age or due to injuries sustained from accidents. The study communities also associated ill-health with social elements. Another example is the initiation of men by the Abegar, a name given to male community opinion leaders who are regarded as human agents who invoke the cult as the instigator of ill-health. According to this theory, the human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. and Diagnosis Additionally, the authors thank Mr. Teshager Shiferaw for his help in data collection and early coding. They speak Amharic, Ethiopias official language. Cruz JP, Estacio JC, Bagtang CE, Colet PC. Several theories were advanced from time to time to explain disease causation such as the supernatural theory of disease, the theory of humors by Greeks and Indians, the theory of contagion, the miasmatic theory which attributed disease to noxious air and vapours, the theory of spontaneous generation, etc. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada, You can also search for this author in Predictors of cultural competence among nursing students in the Philippines: A cross-sectional study. MeSH All seek to elucidate principles capable of explaining social inequalities in health, and all represent what I would term theories of disease distribution,24which presume but cannot be reduced to mechanism-oriented theories of disease causation. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Spirit Mediumship and society in Africa. Bookshelf The study participants attribute many ailments to withdrawal of nature spiritsFootnote 1 (e.g., qolle or quteb, wuqabi, awlia, zar and jinn) protection and wrath. Cultural norms function to support the fluid operation of society, and cultural values guide people in making choices. Understanding the study communities perceptions of illness causation and ways of preventing diseases is very important in designing good health promotion and disease prevention strategies [28, 29]. He died from Parkinson's disease in 2014, aged 85. . commun.). Germ theory was the third disease causation theory with a characteristic marking of the onset of infectious diseases conquest. Principal Scientist & Act. The focus groups lasted 1.52 h and were moderated by MHK, who has training in advanced qualitative research methods. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, The culture of the Tehuledere region reflects a mix of pre-Christian indigenous beliefs, as well as Christian, Muslim and migrant Cushitic Oromo (largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia) influences. A qualitative ethnographic method was conducted in Tehuledere Woreda, an administrative unit in the north-east of Ethiopia [14] (see Fig. Familial ectrodactyly syndrome in a Nigerian child: a case report. Other studies suggest that different societies give varying degrees of importance to theories of natural compared to supernatural causes of illness [1113]. Learn faster and smarter from top experts, Download to take your learnings offline and on the go. 2005;60:691700. Being an archipelago consisting of 7,107 islands, the Philippines has approximately 175 ethnolinguistic groups with their own unique cultural identity and health practices. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan. This study explored the indigenous beliefs of ill-health causation among those living in the Tehuledere Woreda /district/ in North East Ethiopia from a socio-cultural perspective. Such infections, according to the theory, were not passed between individuals but would affect those within a locale that gave rise to such vapors. Most of the participants were married. Map of Tehuledere Woreda, South Wollo Zone, Amhara Regional State, North-eastern Ethiopia, 2014 [15]. Microbe after microbe was discovered in quick succession gonococcus in 1847; typhoid bacillus, pneumococcus in 1880; tubercle bacillus in 1882; cholera vibrio in 1883; diphtheria bacillus in 1884, and so on. Reading: Gordon and Breach Science; 1992. Disease Causation; Theories; Models. All authors read and affirmed the final version of the manuscript. J Genet Couns. Bryman A. This paper argues that disease etiology is the key to cross-cultural comparison of non- Western medical systems. Ethiop J Health Dev. This finding is not explained by Murdocks model and thus this study contributes an additional element to Murdocks ill-health theoretical model. Ethnicity pertains to: geographic origins, fam patterns, lang., cultural norms, religion, literature, music, gender roles, etc Racism The belief that some races are superior to others by nature Ethnocentrism J Hum Lact. When Western biomedical practitioners overlook, or scorn the supernatural convictions held by group individuals they risk distancing the very individuals they look to treat. Oxford: Clarendon; 1964. (3) ecosocial theory and related multi-level frameworks. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Sagar Aryal is a microbiologist and a scientific blogger. doi:10.1177/1049732310362400. Many become sick from the filth on the sharp equipment [Male, Study Community # 4]. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Int Orthop. THEORIES CONCERNING THE CAUSATION OF DISEASE. MHK, TG, and HB all participated in the study design and data analysis. GERM THEORY Germ theory: Microbes (germs) were found to be the cause for many known diseases. 2022 Oct 14;19(20):13217. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013217. A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs and symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury is called a disease. Correlated with personalistic etiologies are the belief that all misfortune, disease included, is explained in the same way; illness, religion, and Choosing among five traditions. Anderson R. The efficacy of ethnomedicine: research methods in trouble. Cultural beliefs on disease causation in the Philippines: challenge and implications in genetic counseling. Two analysts (MHK and another Amharic speaking team member, TS) immersed themselves in the data by reading and open coding the transcripts independently and developing preliminary codes. The French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, the English surgeon Joseph Lister, and the German physician Robert Koch are given much of the credit for development and acceptance of the theory. California Privacy Statement, Cite this article. Part of Because if he lies and then touches the Rekebot, he will have skin disease; his child or cattle will die [Male, Study Community # 2]. Abstract Disease is an important entity in healthcare. He disproved the theory of spontaneous generation. Enjoy access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more from Scribd. Issues identified with administration and bureaucratic frameworks dont fit well with indigenous ill-health beliefs. Constructing evidence within the qualitative project. Miasma was considered to be a poisonous vapor or mist filled with particles from decomposed matter (miasmata) that was identifiable by its foul smell. Genetic counseling of the deaf. Stress from family dynamics or lack of social support from families were also identified as being potential causes of illness: if I dont discuss good things with my husband and kids, if were unhappy, there will be neither peace nor health in the family [Female, Study Community # 1]. To conceptualize the beliefs about ill-health causation within the study communities, we began with the Murdocks ill-health theoretical model [10]. 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