Attitudes towards Folk Medicine Among a students sample of nursing Faculty at Tishreen University


Abstract in English

Folk medicine is one of the most important issues that deserve studying not because it`s being scientific issue, but for being social fact that must be stopped on and study, specially for it`s becoming within the interest of a lot of cultures and societies. The study aimed to identify the university students attitudes towards Folk Medicine in related with some variables: Gender, Residence, and income for the father and mother, to achieve this purpose the attitudes towards Folk Medicine test applied at a sample consisted of (228) from Tishreen University- Faculty of Nursing. The results showed: The (75,9%) from study subject showed positive attitudes towards The Folk Medicine, but only (24,1%) of them showed negative attitudes.

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HELTON, L.R. Folk Medicine and Health Beliefs: An application perspective, Divers, Vol.3, N.4, 1996, 45

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