The experience of HIV positive patients who have been using Sesotho traditional medicines for the management of HIV/AIDS at Scott Hospital, Morija, Lesotho

Nyangu, Isabel

dc.contributor.advisor	Mokwena, K. E.
dc.contributor.author	Nyangu, Isabel
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-20T07:30:03Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-20T07:30:03Z
dc.date.issued	2014-03
dc.identifier.citation	Nyangu, Isabel (2014) The experience of HIV positive patients who have been using Sesotho traditional medicines for the management of HIV/AIDS at Scott Hospital, Morija, Lesotho, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13278>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13278
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to explore and describe experiences of HIV/AIDS positive patients using Sesotho traditional medicines at Scott Hospital in Morija, Lesotho. The specific objectives were to explore and describe the experiences and views of patients using Sesotho traditional medicines. The study uded an explorative qualitative design with a sample of seventeen (17) HIV positive adults aged 18-49 years who were purposively sampled. The major findings of the study were that; Sesotho traditional medicines improved the health status of the participants; and also they were of the view that Sesotho traditional medicines work as they beneficially contributed to HIV/AIDS management. The study concludes that Sesotho traditional medicines are believed and understood to play a role in the symptomatic management of HIV/AIDS even though the actual role they play is yet to be proven scientifically.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Experiences	en
dc.subject	Views	en
dc.subject	Perceptions	en
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS	en
dc.subject	Use of traditional medicines	en
dc.subject	Herbs and HIV	en
dc.subject	Indigenous medicine	en
dc.subject	Management of HIV	en
dc.subject	Sesotho	en
dc.subject	Lesotho	en
dc.subject.ddc	362.19697920096885
dc.subject.lcsh	Traditional medicine -- Lesotho -- Morija
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV (Viruses) -- Treatment -- Lesotho -- Morija
dc.subject.lcsh	Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Lesotho -- Morija
dc.subject.lcsh	Medicine, Sesotho
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV infections -- Lesotho -- Morija -- Prevention
dc.subject.lcsh	Morija (Lesotho) -- Social life and customs
dc.title	The experience of HIV positive patients who have been using Sesotho traditional medicines for the management of HIV/AIDS at Scott Hospital, Morija, Lesotho	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Department of Health Studies
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Public Health)