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- Title
HEALTH CARE WITH THE USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.
- Authors
Arias Piriz, Manuelle; Ceolin, Teila; da Costa Mendieta, Marjoriê; Klering Mesquita, Marcos; Barcellos de Lima, Crislaine Alves; Heck, Rita Maria
- Abstract
Considering the cultural characteristic of health care, the present study aimed to meet the health care with the use of medicinal plants by rural families. The methodology was of qualitative, descriptive and exploratory approach. There were conducted semi-structured interviews and systematic observation, construction of the genogram and eco-map and photograph families of medicinal plants cited were performed. The subjects were indicated from a Rural Health Team Family as knowledgeable herbal people. Three families of farmers were addressed in the months from July to September 2011. The data were analyzed and organized into thematic. As a result, there were observed the use of medicinal plants in family care and cultural influence on perceptions of health and illness reported by farmers. There was a worry about the loss of knowledge among the younger generations of the family and the desire of the informants in valuing the plants as a part of health care in the rural environment. The study reinforces the importance of expanding research in rural health care and a look into the use of medicinal plants with a view to ensuring an integral assistance and welcoming to these communities by professionals of the Unified Health System (SUS).
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PHYTOTHERAPY; MEDICINAL plants; CONCEPTUAL structures; EMPIRICISM; INTERGENERATIONAL relations; INTERVIEWING; MATHEMATICAL models; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING schools; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; RURAL conditions; ETHNOLOGY research; QUALITATIVE research; THEORY; CULTURAL values; INTEGRATIVE medicine; THEMATIC analysis; ANATOMY
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 2, p309
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v13i2.20703