Ngilisho L A, Mosha H J, Poulsen S
Tanga Regional Dental Clinic, Tanzania.
Community Dent Health. 1994 Dec;11(4):240-2.
The study was conducted in five villages in each of two districts in the Tanga Region of Tanzania. Seventy-three traditional healers and 408 villagers of 14 years and above (selected through systematic random sampling) were interviewed. Most of the traditional healers had practised for more than ten years and the majority had been trained by their father or grandfather. Sixty per cent of the traditional healers claimed, that they treated dental patients with an average of three patients per month. A large variety of local herbs was used and about 40 per cent of the traditional healers claimed that they would refer the client to a modern health facility, if their treatment did not work. Half of the villagers interviewed had experienced toothache and 60 per cent of those who had experienced toothache within the last two years had sought treatment from traditional healers, where they had all been treated with local herbs. Relief was obtained for more than six months for 40 per cent of the patients, who sought this service. The establishment of modern emergency oral care in rural health centres and dispensaries did not influence the villagers' use of the traditional healers.
该研究在坦桑尼亚坦噶地区两个区的每个区的五个村庄进行。对73名传统治疗师和408名14岁及以上的村民（通过系统随机抽样选定）进行了访谈。大多数传统治疗师从业超过十年，且大多数是由他们的父亲或祖父培训的。60%的传统治疗师称，他们平均每月治疗三名牙科患者。使用了各种各样的当地草药，约40%的传统治疗师称，如果他们的治疗无效，会将患者转介到现代医疗机构。接受访谈的村民中有一半经历过牙痛，在过去两年中经历过牙痛的人中有60%曾寻求传统治疗师的治疗，他们都接受了当地草药治疗。40%寻求此项服务的患者获得了超过六个月的缓解。农村卫生中心和诊所建立现代紧急口腔护理并未影响村民对传统治疗师的使用。
