Factors Related to The Behavior of Using Herbs in Primary Health Care of Muslims
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Behavior of Herbal used, Primary health care, Muslims, Medicinal plantsAbstract
The illness is an importance of health issue in the population it allows them to seek more treatments and attention to alternative medicine, particularly the use of herbals in primary health care. This study was to determine the behavior of herbal use in health care and to explore the relationship between individual factors and factors based on health concepts (Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior) with the behavior of using herbs for primary health care among Muslims in Pae-Ra Subdistrict, Tha Phae district, Satun province. Data were collected from 400 samples between December 2022 and January 2023 using a questionnaire that verified by the method of Cronbach’s alpha method. The factors studied included perception of the risks of herbal medicine use, perception of barriers to herbal medicine use, perception of benefits of herbal medicine use, and conformity to reference groups in herbal medicine use, with respective coefficients of 0.850, 0.799, 0.741, and 0.850. Data were analyzed using Chi-square statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients. The research findings indicated that the most people had the highest behavior of using herbals in the gastrointestinal systems. An analysis of the relationship among personal factors including gender, age, education level, occupational, income, underlying disease, and experience of herbal use revealed no statistically significant relationships to the use of herbal in primary health care. Through the factor of health concept analyzing was found the perceived risk of using herbs, the perceived benefits of using herbs and the conformity to the reference group has a significant correlation with the use of herbs at level 0.05. In conclusion, Health professionals should disseminate knowledge of the properties and proper use of herbs in primary health care among the population to guide proper usage. Additionally, promoting herbal medicine usage in public health services can help alleviate illnesses appropriately and safely.
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