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October 2002, Vol 92, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1561
© 2002 American Public Health Association

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Integrating Ethnomedicine Into Public Health

Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief and Richard Mack, Jr, PhD, Chair, Community Advisory Board, Harlem Health Promotion Center

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From an anthropological perspective, ethnomedicine—meaning the folk medicines of specific ethnic groups—depends on location. Preliterate indigenous populations used plants that were available in their local environments to treat illness and promote health. Diverse folk remedies thus evolved that were passed down through oral traditions. Most traditional healers learned their art through apprenticeship. As populations converged, dominant cultures gained ascendancy, and in most places throughout the world today Western medicine is considered preeminent. Indeed, "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) refers to a broad set of health care practices that are not integrated into the dominant health care system. Nonetheless, close to . . . [Full Text]


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