The IHACC team is pleased to announce the publication of a new research study by PhD candidate LJ Brubacher and co-authors examining health-seeking behaviours related to acute gastrointestinal illness for Indigenous Batwa in Southwest Uganda. The article, published in Global Public Health, presents insights relating to perceptions of biomedical treatments, Indigenous healthcare, and barriers to accessing care for acute gastrointestinal illness.
Access the article online here.
Citation
Brubacher LJ, Berrang-Ford L, Clark S, Patterson K, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Twesigomwe S, IHACC Research Team, & Harper SL (2021): ‘We don't use the same ways to treat the illness:’ A qualitative study of heterogeneity in health-seeking behaviour for acute gastrointestinal illness among the Ugandan Batwa, Global Public Health.
Figure 2 from Brubacher et al (2021) depicting the heterogeneity of Batwa health-seeking behaviour for Acute Gastrointestinal Illness.