Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers || Factors Associated with Use of Traditional Healers in American Indians and Alaska Natives
✍ Scribed by Incayawar, Mario; Wintrob, Ronald; Bouchard, Lise
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISBN
- 0470516836
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✦ Synopsis
Not much is known about factors that may influence the use of traditional healers among American Indians and Alaska Natives, and systematically collected data on this issue is nearly non-existent. However, in 1987However, in -1988 the National Medical Expenditure Survey II included a random probability sample of about 2000 American Indian/Alaska Native households. Data was collected on traditional healer use.
The overall prevalence of traditional healer use in this cohort was 4.9%, while females and those older than 36 years exhibited higher prevalence use rates. In the multivariate analysis controlling for age, sex and family income, English as a second language, education beyond twelfth grade, participation in native social occasions, chronic disease count and disability bed-days were significantly related to traditional healer use.
Aside from associated factors, the very low prevalence of use of traditional healers by this cohort deserves explanation, with particular attention being given to the implications for future research and policy.