Proceedings of the 1st Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2016)

The Influence of People's Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Traditional Treatment

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Marniati Marniati
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Available Online December 2016.
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10.2991/phico-16.2017.30How to use a DOI?
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Knowledge, attitudes, and traditional treatment
Abstract

Traditional medicine is the treatment by means of drugs and treatment which refers to the experience and skills from generation to generation and it is applied in accordance with the norms prevailing in society. The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of people's knowledge and attitudes toward a traditional treatment to victims of traffic accidents. This research is an analytical Survey with Cross-sectional approach. Research samples (total population) comprised 47 people. Data were analyzed by univariate and Bivariate (kai Squares). From the data obtained that the people who suffered a traffic accident were 25 people (27.8%). The results showed a significant influence of factors of knowledge and attitude of the people and traditional treatment for traffic accident victims, where the results ware (P Value < = 0.05). There is a significant relationship between people's knowledge and attitudes and traditional treatment to victims of traffic accidents in the district of Nagan Raya, Seunagan Year 2015. It is expected that the public can choose the appropriate traditional treatment in order to get a good healing and has no side effects.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2016)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
December 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-333-3
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/phico-16.2017.30How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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