Health Education Syllabus Grade III Teachers' College In Uganda (SHEP, 63 p.): UNIT FIFTEEN: TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF MEDICINE

Health Education Syllabus Grade III Teachers' College In Uganda (SHEP, 63 p.)

		FOREWORD
		INTRODUCTION
		UNIT ONE: OUR HEALTH
		UNIT TWO: AIR, WATER AND SANITATION
		UNIT THREE: BODY SYSTEMS
		UNIT FOUR: FOOD AND NUTRITION
		UNIT FIVE: SAFETY, ACCIDENTS, POISONING AND FIRST AID
		UNIT SIX: ORIENTATION TO SCHOOL WORK I
		UNIT SEVEN: TEACHING PRACTICE I
		UNIT EIGHT: DISEASES
		UNIT NINE: AIDS
		UNIT TEN: ORAL HEALTH
		UNIT ELEVEN: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
		UNIT TWELVE: IMMUNIZATION
		UNIT THIRTEEN: FAMILY HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
		UNIT FOURTEEN: ESSENTIAL DRUGS AND DRUG USE
		UNIT FIFTEEN: TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF MEDICINE
		UNIT SIXTEEN: PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
		UNIT SEVENTEEN: METHODS AND APPROACHES OF TEACHING HEALTH EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
		UNIT EIGHTEEN: ORIENTATION TO SCHOOL WORK II
		UNIT NINETEEN: TEACHING PRACTICE II

UNIT FIFTEEN: TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF MEDICINE

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Name the traditional medicines found in the community.
2. Compare characteristics of traditional and Scientific medicine.
3. Discuss the role and shortcomings of traditional medicine and healers.
4. Explain how children perceive the concept of traditional practices of medicine. Myths and beliefs associated with the causes, prevention and treatment of some diseases in the community.
5. Explain the concept of traditional medicine myths and beliefs associated with the causes, prevention and treatment of some diseases in the community.
6. Discuss how the children perceive the concept of witchcraft. and charms.
7. Name the characteristics of traditional medicine as opposed to witchcraft, charms and magic.
8. Discuss the contributions of traditional birth-attendants towards the health of the community.

TOPICS:

1. Myths about diseases.

(a) Myths and beliefs associated with causes of such diseases as diarrhoea, measles, malaria, mental and nervous disorders, venereal diseases, etc..
(b) Local practices in preventing different diseases.
(c) Administration and treatment of different diseases.

2. Traditional Medicine.

(a) Distinguish between traditional and scientific medicine.
(b) Advantages and disadvantage of traditional and modern medicine.
(c) Characteristics and names of traditional medicine.
(d) Classes of traditional medicine e.g. plants, animals and minerals.
(e) Facts, myths and beliefs associated with collection, preparation and storage of traditional medicine
(f) Application and administration of traditional medicine.

3. Traditional Healers.

(a) Their roles in the community
(b) Their methods of work
(c) Dangers associated with their methods of work
(d) Outcomes of their cooperation with modern practitioners to promote community health.

4. Traditional Birth attendants.

(a) Roles in community
(b) Their contributions to the health of community
(c) Their methods of work.
(d) Problems and dangers associated with their methods of work.
(e) Outcomes of their cooperation with modern medical practitioners to promote community health.

5. Witchcraft.

(a) Concepts of witchcraft, charm and spells.
(b) Reasons for practising witchcraft.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES/METHODS

- Discussion
- Field trips/Excursions
- Projects
- Resource persons
- Demonstrations
- Role play
- Debates
- Observation and recording.

EVALUATION

- Oral Exercises
- Written Exercises
- Observation and recording

REFERENCE

1. A Guide to Environmental Science unit 15 pp. 55 - 73 by Bro Tarsis Nsobya.