The Influence of Religious Participation and Use of Traditional Medicine on Type 2 Diabetes Control in Urban Ghana

Abstract This study examined whether the frequency of participation in religious activities and seeking care from spiritual and other traditional medicine (TM) practitioners were associated with blood glucose (HbA1c) control among urban Ghanaians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Findings reveal...
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Autor*in:

Botchway, Marian [verfasserIn]

Davis, Rachel E.

Appiah, Lambert T.

Moore, Spencer

Merchant, Anwar T.

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

Religious participation

Traditional medicine

Type 2 diabetes

Ghana

Medical pluralism

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature 2021

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Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health - New York, NY [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1961, 61(2021), 3 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 1966-1979

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volume:61 ; year:2021 ; number:3 ; day:30 ; month:01 ; pages:1966-1979

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s10943-021-01187-9

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SPR047119659

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