Aminu K, Jegede A S
Afr J Med Med Sci. 2015 Sep;44(3):205-12.
Nigeria experienced her first outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the second-half of 2014. Since its first occurrence in Zaire and Sudan in 1976, most studies on EVD were clinically based and were carried out using biomedical approaches. No empirical social science/behavioural-oriented study exists on the deadly EVD in Nigeria.
This study examined the traditional healers' perception and attitude towards Ebola virus disease in Ibadan metropolis.
Purposive sampling method was used to select a total of 23 traditional healers who specialized in different areas of traditional medicine (such as herbs selling, faith healing, divination, and general practice). In-depth interview (IDI) method was employed in the study.
The study found some misconceptions about the disease while the dominant attitude among the healers was that of avoidance and caution on safety.
The healers' interpretations of the disease rested on the culture and individual experiences. There is thus a need to take the local cultural perceptions of the Ebola Virus Disease into consideration when controlling the disease in the future.
尼日利亚在2014年下半年经历了首次埃博拉病毒病（EVD）疫情。自1976年在扎伊尔和苏丹首次出现以来，大多数关于埃博拉病毒病的研究都是基于临床的，并采用生物医学方法进行。在尼日利亚，尚未有关于这种致命的埃博拉病毒病的实证社会科学/行为导向研究。
本研究调查了伊巴丹市传统治疗师对埃博拉病毒病的认知和态度。
采用目的抽样法，共选取了23名专门从事不同传统医学领域（如草药销售、信仰治疗、占卜和全科医疗）的传统治疗师。本研究采用深入访谈法。
该研究发现了一些对该疾病的误解，而治疗师们的主要态度是回避和对安全的谨慎。
治疗师们对该疾病的解读基于文化和个人经验。因此，未来在控制该疾病时，有必要考虑当地对埃博拉病毒病的文化认知。
