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Black Fever among the Ethnic Santal People in Bangladesh
The study tries to find out the scenario of black fever among the Santal people in Bangladesh. Santal patient health seeking behaviors related with their community people decision, free treatment consideration, preferable healthcare option. Those the entire thing is related with culture. The study is explorative and to some extent descriptive in nature that enforces to adopt mixed with qualitative and quantitative data as well as secondary and primary data. Research shows that 81% patient depend too much on treatment of indigenous physician (Kabiraj). Also barriers of accessing health care are the prevailing factor for health seeking behavior. 92% respondents said awareness and knowledge regarding black fever has too much impact. 43% people are influenced by church and Non-Governmental Organization (N.G.O) during decision making regarding treatment. 54% patients state that, skin turns into more black after taking medicine. Economic condition of lower class people has too much impact on health seeking behavior also. Santal people traditional practice is responsible attacked by black fever. If we will able to conscious ethnic people, dying and suffering regarding black fever will dissolve.
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Challenges and Adaptive Strategies of Santals of Bnasbari Village of Rajshahi in Ensuring Healthcare
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Healthcare challenges for indigenous communities are one of the burning issues in Bangladesh and many other countries. Dishonour for indigenous communities and discrimination against them put them under challenges that affect their daily lives and extend to their healthcare. Since indigenous communities are a significant part of the overall population, their healthcare disparities raise questions about the country's development. The natural growth of a country is not possible with a substantial amount excluded, and it may affect the country's achievement of the SDGs. However, existing literature lacks discussion on this particular issue, so information regarding indigenous communities' healthcare challenges and adaptive strategies is unavailable. Applying qualitative research methodology, this research found that Santals, a significant indigenous community in Bangladesh, are excluded from healthcare because of the negligence and disrespectful attitudes of people in the Bengali community and the decline of medical plants and forest-like settings, which leads Santals to adopt different strategies in ensuring healthcare. This research also shows that Santals are taking allopathic medicines from village doctors, buying allopathic medication without consulting with doctors, taking homoeopathic medicines, taking traditional medicine plants by planting them in their homesteads and buying drugs from street hawkers to
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Thesis on Preventive Health Seeking Behavior on the People of Bangladesh
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Culture, Illness and Health Seeking in Rural Setting: A Case in a Village of Comilla, Bangladesh
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In this paper we have made an attempt to study the pattern of disease and their treatment. This study was conducted in a village inhabited by Santal and Munda tribes. These data was collected from 32 families by using simple open-ended question and case history method. In my findings revealed that the occurrence of the disease forms patterns in terms of age and sex. The frequency of disease is less early ages but the boys and girls become affected by various diseases like fever, cough, diarrhea, etching etc. as soon as they reach ten years old. The girls come across menstrual problems during their teens. Serious disease like Tuberculosis, Gastric ulcers, urine blockage and Hypertension begin to occur after 40 years old among the male. The treatment of disease also are flows a pattern. In our study area very few families were found to apply the traditional herbal medicine in case of fever, dysentery and sores. A good number of families were also found rush to hospital and a primary health centre whoever they were affected by any aliments. There are also few families who are going to costly private clinics in the Jhargram town. The whole scenario reveals a varied and varied condition rather than a uniform consistent pattern.
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Black fever is a systemic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. It is a disease linked to deficiency and associated with malnutrition, displacement, poor housing conditions, weak immune system and lack of resources. Therefore, for the success of programs for the prevention and control of any disease, the most important assumption is the participation of the community. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes among samples of citizens about black fever in the province of Wassit, in the Middle East of Iraq between Baghdad and Misan. In this study, a cross-sectional study of 101 random samples of citizens was conducted from July to October 2018. Knowledge and attitudes were assessed using a typical self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was used to express the results. A total of 101 participants answered the questionnaire. In general, participants demonstrated good knowledge and positive attitudes toward black fever based on 12 knowledge questions and seven attitude statements. Gaps have been identified in the knowledge of the incubation period of black fever (25.7%), a vehicle of black fever is the sand fly (50.5%) and the possibility of transmission of black fever by the carrier worms (23.8%). Most participants agreed that local communities should be actively involved in the fight against black fever (87.1%) and there has been an obligation to treat infected people (94.1%). On the contrary, the majority of participants (79.2%) do not express any attitude with the possibility of controlling black fever through the participation of the community in their own region. The participants in this study had good knowledge and positive attitudes towards black fever, although the data are indicative of gaps in the knowledge of citizens in the province of Wassit.
Ethnobotanical Survey of the Santal tribe residing in Thakurgaon District, Bangladesh
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The Santals are one of the largest tribes of Bangladesh residing in the northern districts of Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Rangpur and Rajshahi. Since very little is known of the traditional medicinal practices of the Santal traditional healers of the country, the objective of this study was to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey of Santal traditional healers amongst the Santals of Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh. Interviews of the healers were conducted following obtaining informed consent from the healers. The healers pointed out medicinal plants and described their uses. Plant samples were collected and identified at the Bangladesh National Herbarium. It was observed that the Santal healers used 47 medicinal plants (distributed into 29 families) for treatment of various ailments like gastrointestinal tract disorders, respiratory tract infections, sexual disorders, helminthiasis, diabetes, leprosy, dengue fever, eye diseases including cataract, skin disorders, burns, rheumatism, tumors (swellings), fractures, delivery pain, snake and scorpion bites, debility, mental depression, restless feeling in the body, cuts and wounds, fever, deformities in head of children, and biliary disorders. Some plants were also as blood purifier; the healers claimed that certain infections were caused by poisoning or accumulation of toxins in blood. Four plants were used for ethnoveterinary purposes and one plant was used as soap. It is expected that further scientific studies conducted with the plants can lead to discovery of novel phytochemicals and drugs.