Religion and Health: exploration of attitudes and health perceptions of faith healing users in urban Ghana [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background The main aim of the study was to explore the attitudes and health perceptions of faith healing users in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. This has become necessary because faith healing practice is an important area but remains neglected in the health
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Indigenous and faith healing in Ghana: A brief examination of the formalising process and collaborative efforts with the biomedical health system [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2019 Background: Health seeking in many African countries typically involves making use of multiple healing systems, including indigenous and faith systems, as well as biomedical healthcare systems.
Lily Kpobi, Leslie Swartz
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Indigenous and faith healing for mental health in Ghana: An examination of the literature on reported beliefs, practices and use of alternative mental health care in Ghana [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2019 Background: For many people in African countries, various forms of health care are utilised for the treatment of illness. This pluralistic nature of health seeking includes the use of indigenous, faith and allopathic medicines for care.
Lily Kpobi, Leslie Swartz
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The therapeutic and integrative significance of faith in the African quest for healing and wholeness
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The therapeutic and integrative significance of faith in the African quest for healing and wholeness has attracted a considerable level of interest amongst scholars in recent times.
Nathan H. Chiroma
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage Following a Pseudo-Religious Faith Healing [PDF]
Journal of RhinologyA 56-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a sudden onset of drowsiness that began 2 hours before his arrival. Brain computed tomography revealed massive pneumocephalus.
Ye Hwan Lee, Min Young Seo
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People attitudes toward shrine-based faith healing in Sindh, Pakistan [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Faith healing at Sufi shrines holds enduring cultural and spiritual significance in Pakistan. Despite advancements in biomedical healthcare, many individuals, particularly in rural and underserved areas, continue to seek healing through shrine-
Javed Memon +4 more
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God and a ‘Little Bit of Magic’: Faith and Healing through the Lens of Cambodian Trauma Survivors
International Journal of Social Science and Religion, 2022 Trauma is a global phenomenon that affects millions each year. Recovery from trauma is challenging and approaches vary between cultures and models. Faith and spirituality have long-been traditional modes for healing in cultures worldwide.
Zoe Wyatt, K. Morgan Welton
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Mu’jizatu Yasû’ ‘n al-‘Ilâj al-Jismâniy fî al-Kâtûlîkiyyah
Journal of Comparative Study of Religions, 2020 This article aims to examine non-medical healing as a miracle of Jesus. According to Christianity, non-medical healing is always being associate with miracles, also called divine healing which consists of healing physical and spiritual illness.
Jarman Arroisi, Dea Felaputri
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Curationis, 2002 Objective: To investigate the attitudes and knowledge of nurses towards traditional healing, faith healing and complementary therapies in the Northern Province in South Africa. Design: Survey of nurses. Setting: Registered professional nurses at health
K. Peltzer, L.B. Khoza
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Riven between faith and reason
Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2017 Faith healing has been a silent topic in the sense that we as psychiatrists often cross our paths with faith-healers, and yet, we seem not to make much practical effort in understanding the psychological roots behind it. We often come across patients and
Elvin Lukose
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