Nanchengwa, Violet Makala (1984) People's Beliefs about Causation of Disease and Implications for Choice of Health Care in Lusaka. Masters thesis, University of Zambia.
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Abstract
The prime concern of this paper is threefold; to investigate people's bel iefs about causation of disease and illness; to examine the extent to which bel iefs about causation are affected by socio-demographic characteristics such as age, educational status and occupational status of respondents; and the extent to which bel iefs about causation affect uti lisation of health care services. This study found that people distinguish three main causes of disease - natural, supernatural and both natural and supernatural causes. The study also found that beliefs about causation are affected by the respondent's age, educational status and occupational status. Finally, the study found that bel iefs about causation do not affect where people go for health care. People irrespective of bel iefs about causation use modern health services.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2019 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2019 08:41 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9085 |
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