- Title
- Anthropological Inquiry into the causes of Measles within the community of Moletji- Ramakgaphola, Limpopo Province, South Africa
- Creator
- Kolobe,Hlonyana Dimakatso
- Subject
- Measles –Vaccination--Limpompo
- Subject
- Traditional medicine – Limpompo-South Africa
- Subject
- Medical anthropology
- Date Issued
- 2022-04
- Date
- 2022-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/59315
- Identifier
- vital:62032
- Description
- The study is a multidisciplinary study constituting both Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Medical Anthropology, which focuses on people's health and well-being and the possible cultural ways of dealing with factors influencing their health and well-being. The study aim is to explore the Community members of Moletji-Ramakgaphola's Indigenous knowledge of the causes of measles. The objectives of the study were as follows, to investigate what are the community of Moletji's views on the causes of measles, to contribute within the Medical Anthropology with specific reference to MoletjiRamakgaphola in the Limpopo Province and lastly to come up with recommendations on how indigenous knowledge can be incorporated in the epidemiology of Measles. The study followed a qualitative research approach. Purposive sampling was used with snowballing as a technique. Data was collected through observations and face to face interviews with an interview schedule. Scientific research procedures and ethics were respected and maintained throughout the research process from the initial stage to the last. The collected data was analysed using thematic analysis. Relevant literature was also consulted, and indigenous healing was used as a conceptual framework to understand measles within the Moletji-Ramakgaphola community. Lastly, an outline of every chapter of this report was presented together with the research findings and recommendations.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (119 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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