From talk to action: Developing a model to foster effective integration of traditional medicine into the Ghanaian healthcare system

IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Journal of Integrative Medicine-Jim Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.joim.2023.06.007
Irene G. Ampomah , Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli , Aduli E.O. Malau-Aduli , Theophilus I. Emeto
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This research assessed the experience of stakeholders and the efficacy of integrating traditional medicine into the Ghanaian health system using the Ashanti Region as the focal point. Elements of an integrative healthcare delivery model including philosophies/values, structure, process and outcome were used to conduct a quality assessment of the integrated health system in Ghana. Each element clearly showed that Ghana is currently not running a coordinated health practice model, thus making it a tolerant, rather than an inclusive, health system. Therefore, the primary purpose of this research is to discuss the development of a new and appropriately customised model that could enhance the practice of integrated healthcare in Ghana. The model we present has flexibility and far-reaching applicability in other African countries because such countries share similar socio-cultural and economic characteristics. As such, governments and health practitioners could adapt this model to improve the practice of integrated healthcare in their specific settings. Hospital administrators and health system researchers could also adapt the model to investigate or to monitor the progress and efficacy of integrated healthcare practices within their settings. This might help to understand the relationships between the integration of traditional medicine and health outcomes for a given population.

Please cite this article as: Ampomah IG, Malau-Aduli BS, Malau-Aduli AEO, Emeto TI. From talk to action: Developing a model to foster effective integration of traditional medicine into the Ghanaian healthcare system. J Integr Med. 2023; 21(5): 423–429.

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从谈话到行动:开发一种模式,促进传统医学有效融入加纳医疗体系。
这项研究以阿散蒂地区为重点,评估了利益相关者的经验以及将传统医学纳入加纳卫生系统的效果。综合医疗保健提供模式的要素,包括理念/价值观、结构、过程和结果,用于对加纳的综合医疗保健系统进行质量评估。每一个因素都清楚地表明,加纳目前没有运行一个协调的卫生实践模式,从而使其成为一个宽容而非包容性的卫生系统。因此,本研究的主要目的是讨论开发一种新的、适当定制的模式,以加强加纳的综合医疗实践。我们提出的模式在其他非洲国家具有灵活性和深远的适用性,因为这些国家具有相似的社会文化和经济特征。因此,政府和卫生从业者可以调整这种模式,以改善其特定环境中的综合医疗实践。医院管理人员和卫生系统研究人员也可以调整该模型,以调查或监测其环境中综合医疗实践的进展和疗效。这可能有助于理解传统医学的整合与特定人群的健康结果之间的关系。请引用这篇文章:Ampomah IG,Malau Aduli BS,Malau Aduli AEO,Emeto TI。从谈话到行动:开发一种模式,促进传统医学有效融入加纳医疗体系。国际医学杂志,2023;21(5):423-429。
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Journal of Integrative Medicine-Jim
Journal of Integrative Medicine-Jim Medicine-Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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期刊介绍: The predecessor of JIM is the Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine (Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao). With this new, English-language publication, we are committed to make JIM an international platform for publishing high-quality papers on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and an open forum in which the different professions and international scholarly communities can exchange views, share research and their clinical experience, discuss CAM education, and confer about issues and problems in our various disciplines and in CAM as a whole in order to promote integrative medicine. JIM is indexed/abstracted in: MEDLINE/PubMed, ScienceDirect, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Embase, Chemical Abstracts (CA), CAB Abstracts, EBSCO, WPRIM, JST China, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). JIM Editorial Office uses ThomsonReuters ScholarOne Manuscripts as submitting and review system (submission link: http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/jcim-en). JIM is published bimonthly. Manuscripts submitted to JIM should be written in English. Article types include but are not limited to randomized controlled and pragmatic trials, translational and patient-centered effectiveness outcome studies, case series and reports, clinical trial protocols, preclinical and basic science studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, papers on methodology and CAM history or education, conference proceedings, editorials, commentaries, short communications, book reviews, and letters to the editor. Our purpose is to publish a prestigious international journal for studies in integrative medicine. To achieve this aim, we seek to publish high-quality papers on any aspects of integrative medicine, such as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutrition, chiropractic, mind-body medicine, taichi, qigong, meditation, and any other modalities of CAM; our commitment to international scope ensures that research and progress from all regions of the world are widely covered. These ensure that articles published in JIM have the maximum exposure to the international scholarly community. JIM can help its authors let their papers reach the widest possible range of readers, and let all those who share an interest in their research field be concerned with their study.
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