A Development of Healthy Promotion Model by ESAN Folk Healer’s Wisdom
Journal: Global eLearning Journal (Vol.2, No. 2)Publication Date: 2013-05-10
Authors : Phon-ngam; Patthira;
Page : 33-40
Keywords : folk healer wisdom; community health; healthy promotion; community health promotion;
Abstract
The purposes of research were 1) to study the knowledge used by local folk healers, the condition of healing and services, the acceptance of the methods used by the folk healers in Loei Province, and 2) to develop the model for the promotion of the community health with the herbal wisdom of I-san folk healer participated by the related stakeholders. Mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative research were applied, the quantitative research was used in the survey, and the quantitative research was used in an in-depth interview, the participatory observation, and focus group discussion. The target groups in this study consisted of the registered folk healers from 14 districts of Loei who still perform the healing, the local people who get the services or used to get the services from the folk healers, the senior people in the areas, and Thai traditional medicine scholars.
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