Haitian women in New York City use global food plants for women’s health

Haitian women in New York City use global food plants for women’s health

Abstract Background Despite the availability of mainstream biomedical healthcare in New York City (NYC), community-based ethnomedicine practices remain a low-cost, culturally relevant treatment for many immigrants. Previous urban ethnobotany research in NYC has established that several Caribbean com...

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Main Authors: Ella T. Vardeman, Edward J. Kennelly, Ina Vandebroek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Haiti
Women’s health
Urban ethnobotany
Cross-cultural comparisons
Ethnobotanical fieldwork
Traditional medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00648-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00648-1

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