Knowledge and implementation of natural and traditional medicine by professionals and health technicians
Keywords:
therapeutics, natural and traditional medicine, knowledge, implementation.Abstract
In Cuba the natural and traditional medicine is considered a medical disciplinerecognized by Public Health Ministry, thus the professionals and technicians of
health services must to be trained in the management of different techniques of
this therapeutics. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in health
professionals and technicians of the "Isidro de Armas" polyclinic in 2009 to
characterize the behavior of knowledge and practice of therapeutical procedures of
natural and traditional medicine. Sample included 64 health professionals and
47 health technicians underwent a questionnaire on the knowledge of the different
therapeutics of natural and traditional medicine and its implementation. The total
on polled considered to have enough knowledge on this field, where the more
known procedure was acupuncture and related techniques (88,3 %) and the more
applied one was the Physiotherapy (49,5 %). We conclude that the rate of
professionals and technicians who to apply the procedures related to natural and
traditional medicine, was smaller than the rate referred to have knowledge on these
therapeutics.
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