ArticleJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2017
Unconventional medical practices among Ghanaian students: A university-based survey.
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- Gatekeepers or barriers? Exploring traditional medicine practitioners' understanding of breast cancer in Ghana.PloS one · 2026Article
- A Social-Ecological Study of Perceptions and Determinants of Sexual Enhancement Drug Use among Men and Women in Ghana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors that promote and sustain the use of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine services at LEKMA hospital, Ghana, 2017: an observational study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2021Observational
- 'We are nothing without herbs': a story of herbal remedies use during pregnancy in rural Ghana.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
- Religion and Health: exploration of attitudes and health perceptions of faith healing users in urban Ghana.BMC public health · 2018Article
- 'The threads in his mind have torn': conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana.International journal of mental health systems · 2018Article
- Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Research on unconventional medical practices among students has proliferated lately in the global space, hitherto, little is known explicitly in Ghana. This paper teases out insights for recent utilisation patterns of traditional medical therapies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. A sample of 754, randomly selected undergraduates were involved in a retrospective cross-sectional survey. Data were analysed using multivariate logistic regression and Pearson's
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