Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review
This study focuses on Western medical practices in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The people of Atiwa District accessed Western medicinal practice to prevent and cure diseases. Before the advent of Western medical practice in the Atiwa District, people were unable to access Western medicine due to the...
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| author | Adu-Gyamfi Samuel Gyasi Razak Mohammed Awuah Dennis Baffour Oware Richard Ampadu Samuel Kwame |
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| description | This study focuses on Western medical practices in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The people of Atiwa District accessed Western medicinal practice to prevent and cure diseases. Before the advent of Western medical practice in the Atiwa District, people were unable to access Western medicine due to the challenges with travelling or trekking from rural communities to the towns where they would find limited Western oriented health centres/hospitals. Although there were challenges, the local population continued to highly embrace practitioners and also accessed the basic Western oriented medical facilities. Western medical strategies were used to combat skin diseases, stomach aches, and malaria that was prevalent in the Atiwa District. The other diseases which afflicted the people and which required urgent attention included cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS among others. Findings from the study revealed that the introduction and success of western medical practice in the Atiwa District could not have been possible without a positive reception from the indigenous people. Importantly, this study has projected the relevance of public health in the history of the people of Atiwa and the significant roles played by governments to ensure the promotion of good health at the District. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fdf26dba51ae4151a5f1aabd8b59bb0e2022-12-21T21:29:24ZengSciendoSocial Change Review2068-80162019-12-01171618910.2478/scr-2019-0002scr-2019-0002Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change ReviewAdu-Gyamfi Samuel0Gyasi Razak Mohammed1Awuah Dennis Baffour2Oware Richard3Ampadu Samuel Kwame4Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of History and Political Studies, PMB, UP KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.African Population and Health Research Center,Manga Close, Nairobi, Kenya.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of History and Political Studies, PMB, UP KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of History and Political Studies, PMB, UP KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of History and Political Studies, PMB, UP KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.This study focuses on Western medical practices in the Atiwa District of Ghana. The people of Atiwa District accessed Western medicinal practice to prevent and cure diseases. Before the advent of Western medical practice in the Atiwa District, people were unable to access Western medicine due to the challenges with travelling or trekking from rural communities to the towns where they would find limited Western oriented health centres/hospitals. Although there were challenges, the local population continued to highly embrace practitioners and also accessed the basic Western oriented medical facilities. Western medical strategies were used to combat skin diseases, stomach aches, and malaria that was prevalent in the Atiwa District. The other diseases which afflicted the people and which required urgent attention included cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS among others. Findings from the study revealed that the introduction and success of western medical practice in the Atiwa District could not have been possible without a positive reception from the indigenous people. Importantly, this study has projected the relevance of public health in the history of the people of Atiwa and the significant roles played by governments to ensure the promotion of good health at the District.https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2019-0002diseasessocial changewestern medicinepublic healthhospitalshealth centresatiwa districtghana |
| spellingShingle | Adu-Gyamfi Samuel Gyasi Razak Mohammed Awuah Dennis Baffour Oware Richard Ampadu Samuel Kwame Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review Social Change Review diseases social change western medicine public health hospitals health centres atiwa district ghana |
| title | Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review |
| title_full | Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review |
| title_fullStr | Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review |
| title_short | Western Medicine in a Community in Ghana: A Social Change Review |
| title_sort | western medicine in a community in ghana a social change review |
| topic | diseases social change western medicine public health hospitals health centres atiwa district ghana |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2019-0002 |
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