Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support diffusion of Traditional Medicine across European and Asian countries

dc.contributor.author	Κουμπούρος, Γιάννης	el
dc.contributor.author	Μπίρμπας, Κωνσταντίνος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T11:57:29Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T11:57:29Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1464
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	Alternative medicine
dc.subject	Information technology
dc.subject	Internet research
dc.subject	Παραδοσιακή ιατρική
dc.subject	Συμπληρωματική ιατρική
dc.subject	Εναλλακτική ιατρική
dc.subject	Πληροφοριακή επικοινωνιακή τεχνολογία
dc.subject	Διαδίκτυο
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.subject	Greece
dc.title	Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support diffusion of Traditional Medicine across European and Asian countries	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	the Greek perspective	en
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Information resources
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Πληροφόρηση Τεχνολογία
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heal.publicationDate	2013-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Koumpouros, Y. & Birbas, K. (2013) Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support diffusion of Traditional Medicine across European and Asian countries: the Greek perspective. “Health Science Journal”. 7 (4). p. 356-359.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Traditional Medicine remains widespread in developing countries, while use of complementary and alternative medicine is increasing rapidly in developed countries. Nowadays, there is an explosion of various forms of traditional healing that seem to meet an increasing favour on the part of the population in Europe. In Greece, there is little information gathered around traditional medicine, and is mostly related to herbs. Aim: The research aimed at developing a Virtual Platform and a Thematic Network to facilitate share and exchange of information using the new opportunities offered by the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in order to carry out historical-ethnographic study on traditional medicine in the Euro-Asian countries. The current paper focuses on the Greek findings. Method and Material: The research conducted in Greece, Italy, Nepal, Thailand, India and Philippines. Target groups include primarily the general population, elderly and young people, men and women, traditional healers and Primary Health Care doctors. Activities include a number of surveys and quali/quantitative investigations at community level on population beliefs of the causes of the most common illnesses/symptoms and on their choices of popular remedies to improve their conditions. Results: The paper presents the Greek findings, after a 2.5 years study, on traditional medicine using the developed Virtual Platform and Thematic Network as well as the usefulness of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the specific sector and for the specific target groups. Five main symptoms were examined (spontaneous abortion, fever, diarrhea, headache and joint pains) and the respondents’ answers (traditional healers, primary health care doctors and general population) are analyzed. Conclusions: In conclusion, TM exists in regional Greece without being documented properly and gradually vanishes. Thus, more efforts are needed to preserve the heritage of TM in Greece. The ICTs proved to play a key role in the success of the dissemination of the acquired knowledge between all interesting parties.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-10