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Ericksen-Pereira, Wendy. "A model for naturopathy within the South African healthcare system." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8091.
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Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)One of the sustainable development goals the World Health Organization (WHO) has set for member countries is the implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in order to ensure all citizens have the right to access healthcare. In recognising that the global demand for traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) continues to grow, the WHO has encouraged the inclusion of T&CM into the national health systems of member countries as a way of ensuring that UHC can be achieved.
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Ceratti, Carina. "Naturopatia/naturologia no pórtico das racionalidades médicas : uma perspectiva de legitimação a partir da educação superior no Brasil e no mundo." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/180535.
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Nesta dissertação, apresentam-se os fatores que permitem à Naturopatia/ Naturologia ser entendida como uma nova Racionalidade Médica. Para tanto, partiu-se do conceito de Racionalidades Médicas e suas dimensões: Cosmologia, Doutrina Médica, Morfologia e Dinâmica Vital, Diagnose e Terapêutica. Utilizou-se o método de investigação de abordagem qualitativa classificando-se, de acordo com Apolinário (2006), em descritiva, documental; conforme a fonte geradora das informações, sendo objetos da pesquisa programas de disciplinas, matrizes curriculares e informações fornecidas nos sites institucionais de ensino superior em Naturopatia, no mundo, e Naturologia, no Brasil. O objetivo desse trabalho foi demonstrar como se apresentam as dimensões constituintes de uma Racionalidade Médica para a Naturopatia/Naturologia. Conforme os critérios de inclusão e exclusão dezesseis instituições foram analisadas em sete países. Como resultado, a Naturopatia/Naturologia pode ser considerada uma nova Racionalidade Médica, sendo entendida nas seis dimensões: uma cosmologia sincrética, dada à posteriori pautada na esfera própria de cada sujeito; uma Doutrina Médica multidimensional, integral, holística e vitalista. De promoção, prevenção e controle das condições de saúde e adoecimento dos sujeitos; uma Morfologia e Dinâmica Vital associativas, uma composição sintética dos saberes ocidentais e orientais em ciências da saúde; um Sistema Diagnóstico, misto das ferramentas das Racionalidades Chinesa e Ayrvédica, das práticas da Racionalidade Biomédica (conforme legislação de cada país), das Práticas Integrativas e Complementares; um Sistema Terapêutico (não fechado) com diferentes práticas das Racionalidades Médicas, Terapêuticas Tradicionais, Fitoterapia, Florais e Aromas, Terapêuticas relacionadas à Nutrição e as Práticas Integrativas e Complementares.This dissertation intends to know the factors that allow Naturopathy/Naturology to be understood as a new Medical Rationality. For such, we started from the concept of Medical Rationalities and their dimensions: Cosmology, Medical Doctrine, Morphology and Vital Dynamic, Diagnosis and Therapeutics. The method of qualitative research was used. Classifying, according to Apolinário (2006), in descriptive, documentary, according to the information generating source being object of research, the curriculum, discipline programs, information supplied in the sites of Naturopathy superior level institutions, worldwide, and Naturology, in Brazil. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, sixteen institutions were evaluated in seven countries. As a result, the Naturopathy/Naturology can be considered a new Medical Rationality, being understood in the six dimensions: a syncretic cosmology, given the posteriori ruled in the own sphere of each individual; a multidimensional, integral or holistic, vitalist Medical Doctrine. Of promotion, prevention and control of the health and illness conditions of the individuals; associative Morphology and Vital Dynamic, based on principles and evidences of several knowledge, the sum, therefore, of the western and eastern sciences; a mixed Diagnostic System of the tools of the Chinese and Ayurvedic rationalities, of the practices of the Biomedical rationality (according to the legislation of each country), of the Integrative and Complementary Practices; a Therapeutic System (not closed) with different practices of Medical Rationalities, Traditional Therapeutics, Phytotherapy, Florals and scents, Therapeutics related to Nutrition and to the Integrative and Complementary Practices.
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Messerer, Maria. "Dietary supplements : trends, demographics and mortality among users /." Stockholm, 2004. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2004/91-7140-106-7/.
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Tibbetts, Dorothy S. "Women who Select Naturopathic Health Care During the Menopausal Transition: A Study in Grounded Theory." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4879.
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A grounded theory method was used to investigate the experiences of women who use naturopathic medicine, a system of alternative therapy, for health care during the menopausal transition. Transcripts of 16 in-depth interviews with women who received naturopathic health care during the menopausal transition were analyzed with respect to three research questions: (a) Why do women seek naturopathic health care during the menopausal transition? (b) Do women who use naturopathic treatment for menopausal health care share similar experiences of menopause? and ( c) Are women satisfied with the naturopathic treatment they receive for menopausal health care? Conditions leading to informants' use of naturopathy were represented by two categories: Practicing natural self-care, and Rejecting the conventional medical system Experiences of menopause were represented by three categories: It's not a singular event, Paying attention to changes in and around me, and Information helps. Informants' satisfaction with naturopathy for menopause-related health care was represented by four categories: Naturopathy is consistent with engaging in natural self-care practices, Naturopathy is effective in treating troubling menopausal signs, Naturopathy addresses individual and interrelated aspects of menopause, and Naturopathy provides moral and informational support. Continued analysis of the data revealed a core category, Exchanging infonnation, that provided a foundation for the theoretical model representing the experience of women who use naturopathic health care at menopause. The grounded theory developed in this study may be useful to health professionals by increasing understanding of the naturopathic health care option for menopausal women. Suggestions for further study include quantitative evaluation of components of the theory developed in this study, continued qualitative and quantitative investigation of aspects of information exchange between patients and their conventional and alternative practitioners, application of grounded theory methodology to studies of women's use of hormone replacement therapy, and application of grounded theory methodology to studies of patients' selection of alternative medicine for health matters other than menopause.
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Goldberger, Trina Suzanne, and Diane Marie Waters. "The benefits of wilderness experience for mental health: An exploratory study on nature-based therapies." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1648.
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Whitman, Katherine Bloom. "Childhood Vaccine Perceptions and Practices Among Naturopathic Physicians." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2016. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/490.
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Purpose: Parental decisions to vaccinate their children may be impacted by the advice of health care providers practicing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Available literature suggests an association between vaccine delay or refusal and CAM use, decreased vaccination status of naturopathic patients, and increased vaccine hesitancy among naturopathic students. Some naturopathic physicians state that their approach towards discussions about childhood vaccinations may support families in choosing partial vaccination over complete refusal, ultimately contributing to an overall increase in vaccinations.
Methods: Using a modified Health Belief Model as a theoretical framework, this online survey of naturopathic physicians assessed childhood vaccine-related perceptions and practices. The survey instrument was developed through an iterative process using surveys from previous research, adapted by expert opinion and input from focus group participants.
Results: Surveys were completed between October and November 2014 by 145 naturopathic physicians (response rate 28.7%) licensed and practicing in Vermont or Oregon State. The vast majority of respondents (93%) discuss childhood vaccines with their patients, and discussions may include numerous topics focused on assessing individualized risk factors and providing information to parents. Most (70%) assist parents in creating a customized vaccine schedule for their children, which may delay the start of vaccination until a later age, give select vaccines only, and/or spread out the vaccine schedule (as compared to the CDC-ACIP recommended schedule). Vaccine-specific safety concerns are highly prevalent (67%), vary by vaccine, and include concerns regarding vaccine schedule, necessity, risk for potential adverse effects, and safety of vaccine ingredients. The majority of respondents use a variety of approaches intended to reduce adverse effects of vaccination (91%) and to make childhood vaccination safer and more effective (93%). Finally, most respondents are in agreement with each other on key vaccination beliefs underscoring both concerns and the importance of childhood vaccinations.
Conclusions: Results highlight an individualized approach towards childhood vaccinations by naturopathic physicians, often including a customized schedule and in-depth conversations with parents. The impact of this approach on parental vaccine choice and public health remains unknown. Results may promote further understanding of the various therapeutic recommendations and safety concerns regarding childhood vaccinations held by naturopathic physicians and can potentially foster more effective communication among all healthcare providers on this important public health issue.
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LEBRUN, LORTHIOIS CORINE. "Un traitement naturel : le jeune." Aix-Marseille 2, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989AIX20174.
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Cariapa, Illana. "Retreat to advance? : naturopathic inpatient care in two cultures." Thesis, University of Derby, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400457.
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Malo, Benjamin. "Savoirs, confiance et risque : la vaccination chez les naturopathes québécois." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/69247.
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Les médecines alternatives et complémentaires (MAC) gagnent en popularité dans de la population québécoise, dont la naturopathie. En parallèle, un phénomène d’hésitation à la vaccination gagne de l’ampleur mondialement. Si cette tendance perdure, les taux de vaccination pourraient chuter et plusieurs maladies graves pourraient connaître une recrudescence. La littérature sur les MAC montre que ces praticiens de la santé et leurs usagers ont des attitudes plutôt négatives envers la vaccination. Il est dès lors impératif d’étudier les liens entre l’hésitation à la vaccination et la naturopathie québécoise. Dans le cadre de ma maîtrise, je me suis penché sur l’influence des savoirs et de la confiance sur les manières de penser les risques liés à la vaccination des naturopathes, en plus d’examiner la façon dont ceux-ci gèrent ces risques. Pour ce faire, j’ai réalisé 15 entrevues semi-dirigées auprès de naturopathes québécois. Les résultats de ma recherche montrent que l’approche naturopathique québécoise de la santé cherche à déterminer les causes des maladies dans une perspective holiste afin de stimuler la vitalité du corps. Les maladies ont ainsi pour origine les déséquilibres de ce que les naturopathes nomment le « terrain ». À travers leurs pratiques, principalement axées sur la nutrition, ils cherchent à rendre leurs clients autonomes et responsables de leur santé afin qu’ils puissent rééquilibrer eux-mêmes leurs terrains et ainsi accéder à la santé. Cette conception de la santé et des soins, jumelée à la confiance que les naturopathes ont envers leur savoir expérientiel, est centrale dans la manière dont ils pensent les risques inhérents à la vaccination et aux maladies infectieuses. Les risques que la vaccination rompe l’homéostasie du terrain sont conçus comme plus grands que ceux liés aux maladies infectieuses. C’est pourquoi les naturopathes adoptent plusieurs stratégies pour gérer ces risques, lesquelles visent le maintien de l’équilibre du terrain.Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), particularly naturopathy, has increased in popularity among the Quebec population. Simultaneously, vaccine hesitancy is gaining momentum worldwide. If this trend persists, vaccination rates could decrease and there could be a resurgence of many deadly illnesses. Scientific literature suggests that CAM practitioners and their users have generally negative attitudes towards vaccination. It is therefore of the utmost importance to study the links between vaccine hesitancy and naturopathy in Quebec. Within the scope of my Master’s, I studied the influence of knowledge and trust on naturopaths’ ways of reasoning about risks associated with vaccination and I investigated how they manage these risks. To achieve this goal, I conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with Quebec naturopaths. The results of my research suggest that Quebec naturopaths believe that health can be achieved through a study of the causes of diseases in a holistic perspective and through the stimulation of the body’s vitality. Diseases, in this perspective, come from the imbalances of what naturopaths call the “field”. Through their practice, primarily based on nutrition, they encourage their clients to autonomously take responsibility for their health so they can restore the balance of their fields themselves, and therefore, return to health. This notion of health and care, paired with the trust naturopaths have toward their experiential knowledge, play a key role in how they think about risks inherent to vaccination and infectious diseases. Concerns about the risks that vaccination might break the homeostasis of the field are far greater than those associated with the risk of infectious diseases. Therefore, to manage these risks, naturopaths adopt many strategies that target the upholding of the field’s balance.
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Aragon, Tammy Marie. "The Predictive Relationship Between Naturopathic Basic Science Curriculum and NPLEX I Performance." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3239.
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Naturopathic medical schools are concerned with low first-time pass rates on the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Exam Part I (NPLEX I) that may impact schools' accreditation with the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME). At a North American school of naturopathic medicine first-time pass rates have been a concern for 3 of the last 5 years. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether students' naturopathic basic science content area scores predict NPLEX I scores at this this school. Grounded in general systems theory, a predictive correlational research design utilizing multiple logistic regression analyses was used. Archival data were obtained from the school for students who completed NPLEX I and all basic science courses. For the first model, microbiology, pathologyplus (including pathology and other content), and disease/dysfunction scores were obtained for N = 208 students. For the second model, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and structure/function scores were obtained for N = 256 students. For each model, students' groups of basic science content area final exam scores were analyzed against NPLEX I scores to determine predictive relationships. Results indicated pathologyplus, anatomy, and physiology scores were significant predictors of NPLEX I performance, microbiology and biochemistry were not significant predictors, and students who completed NPLEX I during the August 2015 administration were most likely to earn passing scores on NPLEX I. Based on the findings a position paper was developed recommending curriculum mapping to examine alignment and make all content areas predictive of NPLEX I performance. Positive social change may ensue by increasing the reputation of the schools and profession of naturopathic medicine.
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Louise, Christa Claire. "A Bootstrapped Regression Model of Psychological Predictors of Success in Naturopathic Medical School." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4846.
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In response to a need for more primary care physicians and patients' growing attraction to alternative health care, greater numbers of individuals are applying to naturopathic colleges. With increasing numbers of applicants, better methods of predicting potential effectiveness as an N.D. are needed. This study examined factors (both academic and psychosocial) that best predict success in naturopathic school.
Demographic, academic, and psychosocial survey data were collected from thirty-three students who had just completed their second year of naturopathic medical school. This information was correlated with scores on the NPLEX Basic Science exams which were taken the following summer.
Because of the small sample size, a bootstrap resampling technique was used to produce estimates for a hierarchical regression. Demographic variables (sex, age, whether or not English was the first language) and undergraduate major, explained almost 10% of the variance in Basic Science Exams (BSE) scores; however, none of these variables were significant predictors in the first step of the regression. As predicted, the addition of undergraduate grade point average (GPA) significantly increased the amount of variance accounted for (to 39.9%) in BSE scores. Also as predicted, adding the psychosocial variables to the model increased the amount of variance accounted for to 52%. This addition also made sex a significant predictor, but external locus of control was the only psychosocial variable which was significant in any of the models. The best model contained the psychosocial variables of both internal and external locus of control but not commitment and accounted for 51 % of the variance in BSE scores. Sex, undergraduate GPA, and external locus of control were significant predictors. Results are consistent with previous research using data on students from allopathic medical schools.
However, complex relationships exist among the psychosocial variables and between the psychosocial variables and gender. The suppression effect of the psychosocial variables with gender, multicolinearity between the commitment and locus of control variables, and suppression due to common method variance between the internal and external locus of control variables are discussed.
Limitations of bootstrap methodology are considered.
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Dale, Laura Chiaranna. "Predictors of cancer prevention and early detection counselling beliefs in naturopath and medical trainees : a comparative study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45370.
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Research suggests that at least 50% of cancers could be prevented through lifestyle modifications including reductions in tobacco and alcohol, increases in physical activity, weight control, diet improvements, safer sex practices and sun protection (Colditz, Sellers, & Trapido, 2006). The early detection of cancer increases the chance of successful treatment of the disease. Health care providers in both the complementary and alternative medical and biomedical health systems can encourage patients to lead cancer free lifestyles. Health care students develop cancer-counselling beliefs during their training that may influence their future counselling practices. The main purpose of this study is to explore possible differences between naturopath and medical students’ counselling self-efficacy in terms of cancer prevention and early detection.
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A cross-sectional research design was employed for this study. Online surveys were administered to assess medical (n=121) and naturopath (n= 121) students’ cancer prevention and early detection beliefs. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed for each independent variable and the outcome variable. Odds ratios were calculated and their 95% confidence intervals were reported.
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Significantly more naturopath (87%) than medical (45%) students believed that over 50% of cancers could be prevented. Naturopath students (89%) also expected to spend more time (>30 minutes) with their patients than medical students (3%). Naturopath students rated counselling on most cancer prevention and screening practices as more important, and they were more confident in their ability to counsel. Regardless of educational program, if students perceived cancer screening and prevention practices to be more important, they reported higher self-efficacy for counselling. No significant differences between students’ counselling self-efficacy was observed when controlling for educational program and potential confounders.
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With cancer remaining the number one killer of Canadian adults, our future health care professionals must develop positive, evidence-based cancer prevention and early detection beliefs. Many similarities and differences were observed between medical and naturopath students and further investigations should examine the extent to which students’ beliefs predict counselling behaviours. There is a need for increased collaborative, educational research to encourage positive cancer prevention and screening beliefs in medical and naturopath students.
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Souza, Josefa Magna Alves de [UNESP]. "Plantas medicinais utilizadas por seringueiros do projeto de assentamento extrativista São Luiz do Remanso - Acre." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93577.
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souza_jma_me_botfca.pdf: 1394850 bytes, checksum: 99c8172899cdc7bbc85ca5aae61ad768 (MD5)O presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar o estudo das plantas medicinais na área do Projeto de Assentamento Extrativista São Luís do Remanso, Estado do Acre, visando resgatar o conhecimento sobre o uso de plantas medicinais e analisar a importância cultural das espécies. A coleta de dados foi realizada em períodos distintos; com intervalo de 10 anos entre o primeiro e o segundo levantamento. No primeiro levantamento, foi aplicada entrevista estruturada e como instrumento de registro de informações usou-se um formulário; foi analisada a importância cultural relativa das espécies através do cálculo da Concordância de Uso Principal Corrigida. No segundo, adotou-se listagem livre como técnica de coleta de dados, as informações foram gravadas em fita cassete e anotadas em formulário próprio, as espécies indicadas foram coletadas e identificadas. A importância cultural relativa das espécies foi analisada através do cálculo da Concordância de Uso Principal Corrigida e índice de saliência relativa. Os valores desses índices indicam como espécies mais importantes culturalmente, as arbóreas: copaíba (Copaifera spp.), jatobá (Hymenaea cf. courbaryl L.) e cumaru-de-cheiro (Amburana cearensis Fr. Allem.). Segundo esta análise, estas espécies também são importantes para futuros estudos ou ações voltadas para a população da área estudada.
The main goal of this work, was to evaluate the use of medicinal plants inside São Luís do Remanso Extractive Reserve, aiming to rescue the importance and the knowledge in using such plants. The data collecting was conducted in two different periods, with 10 years of interval. In the first one, was applied structured interviewing and in order to register the information it was used an specific form, it was also analyzed the cultural importance of such species using an index to calculate the concordance of the main purpose of the plants. In the second one it was adopted a free listing. The informations were taped in a k-7 tape and written down on a proper form. The indicated species were collected and identified. The relative cultural importance of the species was analyzed through calculation of Corrected Main Purpose and calculation of an index of relative saliency. The arboreous species such as, jatobá (Hymenaea cf. courbaryl L.) cumaru-de-cheiro (Amburana cearensis Fr. Allem.) and copaíba ( Copaifera spp.) distinguish themselves as the most important species among the highest values of Corrected Main Purpose and the index of relative Saliency. According to this anlisys, these species are also important for further studies or actions towards the population, of the studied area.
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Souza, Josefa Magna Alves de. "Plantas medicinais utilizadas por seringueiros do projeto de assentamento extrativista São Luiz do Remanso - Acre /." Botucatu : [s.n.], 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93577.
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Orientador: Lin Chau MingResumo: O presente trabalho tem como objetivo realizar o estudo das plantas medicinais na área do Projeto de Assentamento Extrativista São Luís do Remanso, Estado do Acre, visando resgatar o conhecimento sobre o uso de plantas medicinais e analisar a importância cultural das espécies. A coleta de dados foi realizada em períodos distintos; com intervalo de 10 anos entre o primeiro e o segundo levantamento. No primeiro levantamento, foi aplicada entrevista estruturada e como instrumento de registro de informações usou-se um formulário; foi analisada a importância cultural relativa das espécies através do cálculo da Concordância de Uso Principal Corrigida. No segundo, adotou-se listagem livre como técnica de coleta de dados, as informações foram gravadas em fita cassete e anotadas em formulário próprio, as espécies indicadas foram coletadas e identificadas. A importância cultural relativa das espécies foi analisada através do cálculo da Concordância de Uso Principal Corrigida e índice de saliência relativa. Os valores desses índices indicam como espécies mais importantes culturalmente, as arbóreas: copaíba (Copaifera spp.), jatobá (Hymenaea cf. courbaryl L.) e cumaru-de-cheiro (Amburana cearensis Fr. Allem.). Segundo esta análise, estas espécies também são importantes para futuros estudos ou ações voltadas para a população da área estudada.
Abstract: The main goal of this work, was to evaluate the use of medicinal plants inside São Luís do Remanso Extractive Reserve, aiming to rescue the importance and the knowledge in using such plants. The data collecting was conducted in two different periods, with 10 years of interval. In the first one, was applied structured interviewing and in order to register the information it was used an specific form, it was also analyzed the cultural importance of such species using an index to calculate the concordance of the main purpose of the plants. In the second one it was adopted a free listing. The informations were taped in a k-7 tape and written down on a proper form. The indicated species were collected and identified. The relative cultural importance of the species was analyzed through calculation of Corrected Main Purpose and calculation of an index of relative saliency. The arboreous species such as, jatobá (Hymenaea cf. courbaryl L.) cumaru-de-cheiro (Amburana cearensis Fr. Allem.) and copaíba ( Copaifera spp.) distinguish themselves as the most important species among the highest values of Corrected Main Purpose and the index of relative Saliency. According to this anlisys, these species are also important for further studies or actions towards the population, of the studied area.
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Barkleit, Gerhard. "Akteur im Ausnahmezustand: Manfred von Ardenne und das Konzept der Mehrschritt-Therapien." Technische Universität Dresden, 2005. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27884.
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Farrin, Jane Mary. "A comparison of the health beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of clients visiting a general practitioner and a naturopath /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PM/09pmf246.pdf.
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Barkleit, Gerhard. "Akteur im Ausnahmezustand." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-140304.
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Jackson, Robert, and Keith Boesen. "The Direction of Pharmacist Education in Regards to Natural or Alternative Medicine." The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614250.
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Class of 2013 AbstractSpecific Aims: To identify how the field of pharmacy should be advanced in regards to pharmacist education of natural or alternative medicine (NAM) in a fashion that all pharmacists and pharmacy students would have access to. Subjects in this study were experts in the field of NAM. Methods: An online questionnaire asking for expert opinion on ways to educate pharmacists about NAM was made available to experts in the field of NAM. Experts were identified by an internet search of the Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association’s (AzNMA) registry of licensed NDs in Arizona, as well as one previously known licensed ND in San Diego. Main Results: The questionnaire was completed by 21 experts, 20 of which identified themselves as licensed NDs. Of the NDs, the average time in practice was 10 years. Sixteen (76%) of the respondents agreed that NAM should be taught in the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum with the remaining five (24%) not directly commenting whether or not it should be taught in the PharmD curriculum, but agreeing that pharmacists need to be trained on important NAM. Conclusion: Inclusion of NAM in the PharmD curriculum should be considered being implemented. Information on what resources are available and how to keep up with continued education in this field should also be made available to all students. For current practicing pharmacists there does not appear to be an ideal uniform way of increasing pharmacists’ level of education on NAM, reinforcing the need for inclusion of NAM in the PharmD curriculum.
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Grisoni, Anahita. "Sous les pavés, la terre : culte du bien-être et nouveaux métiers : la naturopathie en transformation à la conquête du marché." Paris, EHESS, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011EHES0148.
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Médecine naturelle non reconnue en France, la naturopathie propose un renforcement de l'énergie vitale basé sur l'alimentation. Inscrite dans la mouvance New Age, elle passe aujourd'hui d'un cadre ésotérique à un cadre exotérique, tendant à s'urbaniser à travers la conquête du marché. L'étude de la naturopathie par le biais de ses manifestations professionnelles et performatives repose ici sur une observation des espaces alternatifs sur lesquels l'habitus de la discipline se forme et se diffuse auprès du grand public. Intégrée à la nébuleuse écologique, la naturopathie participe à la construction d'un discours sur la santé préventive et sur l'environnementNaturopathy is a natural medicine based on the quest of the subject vital energy empowerment, using natural ways. In line with the New Age religion perspective, it tends to gain the urban space through the markets' conquest. This study of the actors' professional reconversion includes the analysis of the alternative spaces it develops. Integrated to the ecologic international movement, the naturopathy participates to the construction of a general speech on preventive health and environment
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Silva, Adriana Elias Magno da. "Naturologia: um diálogo entre saberes." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/3458.
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The Naturopathic knowledge is characterized by a mix of medical fields, eastern, and western healing techniques and philosophies, modern and traditional. It is a phenomenon resulting from the crisis of paradigms of the contemporary world and the need for revision and extension of existing models of medical practice. It presents itself as a transdisciplinary knowledge affiliated with integrative and complementary models of work and health care. This thesis analyzes the structuring process of Brazilian Naturopathic provided transdisciplinary knowledge and practice. It seeks to understand if the Naturopathic favors the reconnection of knowledge and rationality that entails, and if it can be seen as a new approach in healthcare. Theoretical and methodological terms, this thesis is guided by the basis and foundation of the complex thought. The Brazilian academic production of Naturopathic Medicine verifies if and how the incorporation of theoretical and epistemological principles has been processed what allows characterizing it as a concurrently complex, multidisciplinary and comprehensive knowledge. The research analyzes, qualitatively, seventy-one course conclusion works from the only two higher education institutions in Brazil that offer bachelor degree in Naturopathic. The analysis of empirical data confirmed the hypothesis that the Naturopathic knowing and doing are linked to principles and critical paradigms of knowledge and revealed, however, the difficulty that the unorthodox knowledge faces to be accepted and incorporated in the academic field
A Naturologia é um conhecimento caracterizado pela mescla de racionalidades médicas, de filosofias e de técnicas de cura orientais, ocidentais, modernas e tradicionais. É um fenômeno decorrente da crise de paradigmas do mundo contemporâneo e da necessidade de revisão e ampliação dos modelos de prática médica vigentes. Apresenta-se como um conhecimento transdisciplinar filiado a modelos integrativos e complementares de atuação e atenção em saúde. Esta pesquisa analisou o processo de estruturação da Naturologia brasileira na condição de conhecimento e prática transdisciplinar. Procurou entender se a Naturologia favorece a religação de saberes e de racionalidades que comporta, e se ela, realmente, pode ser vista como uma nova abordagem na área da saúde. O trabalho orientou-se a partir do pensamento complexo para delimitar os procedimentos de pesquisa e análise do objeto. Verificou se e como ocorre, na produção acadêmica brasileira de Naturologia, a incorporação dos princípios da transdiciplinaridade, da complexidade e da integralidade que a caracterizam. Como recurso de pesquisa foi analisado, de forma qualitativa, 71 trabalhos de conclusão de curso das duas únicas universidades brasileiras que ofertam curso superior de bacharelado em Naturologia. A análise da empiria confirmou a hipótese de que o saber e o fazer naturológico está ligado a princípios e paradigmas críticos do conhecimento como a transdisciplinaridade, complexidade e integralidade e revelou, na contrapartida, a dificuldade que saberes não ortodoxos enfrentam para serem aceitos e incorporados, no meio acadêmico
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Teixeira, Diogo Virgilio. "Integralidade, interagência e educação em saúde." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/122949.
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A Naturologia é um campo de diálogo entre saberes em saúde ca- racterizado pela pluralidade. Abarca desde os saberes filiados às diversas disciplinas ocidentais, como biologia, psicologia e antropologia, até prá- ticas terapêuticas não ocidentais que rementem à Índia, China e povos indígenas. O curso de graduação em Naturologia foi fundado em 1998, entretanto, tem suas raízes na contracultura dos anos 1960 e no movimen- to chamado de Nova Era. Os naturólogos propõem formas de atenção à saúde baseadas numa abordagem característica: a visão naturológica. Nesta visão, a natureza é abordada como uma totalidade na qual tudo e todos fazem parte, os processos de saúde/doença são vistos como a perda de integração entre o ser humano e esta totalidade e a relação terapêutica naturológica propõe simetria e horizontalidade entre o cuidador e aquele que é cuidado. É a partir da educação em saúde que os naturólogos desen- volvem sua prática terapêutica, chamada de relação de interagência, que é o grande diferencial do profissional da Naturologia. Esta nova profissão ainda está em fase de regulamentação no Brasil e tem grande abrangên- cia: spas, clínicas, consultórios, escolas, universidades, cruzeiros marí- timos, ONGs e o Sistema Único de Saúde, são alguns dos lugares onde os naturólogos estão trabalhando. Esta dissertação vem complementar as reflexões do único trabalho de pós-graduação sobre a Naturologia escrito por uma cientista social no Brasil. Descrever e analisar o diálogo de sa- beres na Naturologia foi importante para a ampliação do conhecimento acerca das abordagens e práticas de saúde contemporâneas, assim como para identificar sua possível filiação com as culturas psi e com as insatis- fações concernentes ao sistema médico oficial. Para compreender como os diferentes saberes ocidentais e não ocidentais estão sendo assimilados no ensino da Naturologia, foram analisados documentos institucionais da UNISUL, uma das duas universidades onde o curso de graduação é reconhecido pelo Ministério da Educação no Brasil. Para compreender como os naturólogos estão operando o diálogo entre saberes em seu co- tidiano conversei com naturólogos formados nesta mesma instituição. A descrição etnográfica foi norteadora deste trabalho, que busca dar voz aos naturólogos para que apresentem quem são e digam o que fazem. Observou-se que a Naturologia mantém continuidades e descontinuida- des com relação ao movimento da Nova Era. Se, por um lado, herda deste movimento a pluralidade de saberes e a ênfase no indivíduo, por outro, rompe com este movimento ao institucionalizar-se e ao negar um caráter místico ou esotérico ao seu campo de saber. O sujeito que emerge do con- texto pesquisado pode ser visto sob dois pontos de vista: um sujeito psi- cologizado que reproduz um discurso característico das culturas psi, ou um profissional que contesta o estabelecido e propõe formas renovadas de construir conhecimento e promover a saúde. Este novo profissional opera uma diálogo entre saberes, conduzido pela visão naturológica, ao passo que a visão naturológica é construída pelo diálogo que ajuda a conduzir, constituindo este campo como um caleidoscópio de saberes em saúde.
Abstract : Naturology is a dialog field between health knowledges characterized by plurality. It ranges from knowledge affiliated to various Western discipline, such as biology, psychology and anthropology to even not Western therapeutic practices that rementem to India, China and indigenous people . The undergraduate course in Naturology was founded in 1998, however, has its roots in the 1960's counterculture and the New Age movement. Naturologists propose forms of health care based on a characteristic approach: naturológic vision. From this point of view, nature is approached as a totality in which everything and everyone is part, the processes of health/illness are seen as the loss of integration between humans and this totality and proposes naturolgic therapeutic relationship and horizontal symmetry between the caregiver and the one that is being care of. It is from the health education that naturólogos develop their therapeutic practice called interagency relationship, which is the big difference of professional Naturology. This new profession is still being regulated in Brazil and has great scope : spas, clinics, offices, schools, universitie, cruise lines , NGOs and the Health System are some of the places where naturólogos are working. This work complements the work of the single reflections graduate on Naturology written by a social scientist in Brazil. It dsescribse and analyze the dialogue of knowledge in Naturology was important for the expansion of knowledge about the approaches and practices of contemporary health and to identify their possible affiliation withthe psi cultures with official concerning the medical system dissatisfactions. To understand how different Western and non-Western knowledge are being assimilated in teaching Naturology, institutional documents from UNISUL, one of the two universities where undergraduate degree is recognized by the Ministry of Education in Brazil were analyzed. To understand how naturólogos are operating the dialogue between knowledge in their everyday life respondents naturólogos formed at the same institution. The ethnographic description guided this work, which seeks to give voice to naturólogos to present who they are and say what they do. It was observed that Naturology maintains continuities and discontinuities concerning the New Age movement On one hand, this movement inherits the plurality of knowledge and emphasis on the individual, on the other hand, breaks with this movement to institutionalize up and negate an mystical or esoteric field of knowledge to his character. The subject that emerges from the research context can be seen from two points of view: one psychologized guy who plays a distinctive discourse of cultures psi, or a professional who challenges the established and renewed proposes ways to build knowledge and promote health. This new professional operates a dialogue between knowledge, conducted by naturologic vision, while naturologic vision is built through dialogue that helps conduct constituting this field as a kaleidoscope of health knowledge.
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Estager, Marie-Pierre. "La naturopathie en Aquitaine : de la dépendance à l'autogestion : approche anthropologique du phénomène de conversion thérapeutique à travers une restructuration de l'identité du malade." Bordeaux 2, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000BOR21806.
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La conversion thérapeutique décrite dans cette recherche se caractérise par le passage d'un circuit médical conventionnel à un système de soin naturel et non officiel. Ce changement est souvent présenté comme une alternative à des échecs successifs face à la maladie, notamment lorsque l'individu se trouve en proie à une dépossession de son corps. De tels constats le conduisent à réinvestir sa santé en redonnant du sens à ce qui lui arrive. Il part donc en quête de la réappropriation de son propre corps, vers une unicité perdue. Cette recherche de sens et de transcendance l'amène à se diriger vers la naturopathie, thérapie qu'il peut gérer lui-même à travers un apprentissage d'une nouvelle hygiène de vie et une nouvelle conception du soin et de l'alimentation. Cette prise en charge l'amène progressivement à remodeler son système de représentations en se restructurant une nouvelle façon de vivre qu'il considère plus harmonieuse. Si ce phénomène de conversion a pour effet de rendre davantage autonome l'individu face à sa santé, il entraîne également sa marginalisation au sein d'une société qui ne répond plus à ses attentes.
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Aspilcueta, Arias Talía Victoria, Gobitz Lydia Ivette Chamorro, López María de las Nieves López, and Coronado Flor de María Peche. "Centro de terapias alternativas Equilibrio y Salud." Bachelor's thesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2011. http://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/123456789/1382.
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Equilibrio y Salud S.A.C. es un centro de terapias alternativas y complementarias ubicado
en el distrito de Magdalena del Mar, que tiene por propósito ofrecer un servicio de alta
calidad que integra la medicina alternativa con la convencional.
El modelo de negocio ofrece al cliente terapias de medicina alternativa tales como:
acupuntura, reflexología, shiatzu y masajes terapéuticos, brindadas por un equipo de
terapeutas altamente calificados que cuentan con el respaldo de un médico alópata, quien
a través de un diagnóstico inicial garantiza la confiabilidad de los tratamientos ofrecidos.
Equilibrio y Salud S.A.C. ofrecerá una atención personalizada en ambientes cómodos y
privados que garanticen la satisfacción de los clientes.
La idea de negocio se sustenta en tres factores: la tendencia creciente por la búsqueda del
bienestar integral y de optar por alternativas saludables y naturales de consumo; un perfil
de cliente cada vez más exigente con la calidad de los servicios recibidos; y la baja
calidad de la información sobre estos tratamientos alternativos que genera la necesidad de
contar con un respaldo científico.
El mercado potencial está determinado por el distrito de ubicación y los distritos
aledaños. El servicio está dirigido a clientes mayores de 30 años del nivel socio
económico A y B, que representan aproximadamente el 50% de la población de la zona
mencionada. Se estima que el tamaño de mercado es de aproximadamente 103,850
personas, de las cuales, de acuerdo a la investigación de mercado, el 31% estarían
dispuestas a tomar el servicio propuesto. En el mercado geográfico al que se limita Equilibrio y Salud S.A.C. no existe
competencia directa que brinde la variedad de tratamientos, calidad de servicio y atención
personalizada que éste ofrece. La competencia está orientada a especializarse en un solo
tratamiento, o mezcla su oferta en combinación con tratamientos orientados a la
relajación o estética, que desmedran el verdadero fin de los tratamientos de medicina
natural.
Equilibrio y Salud S.A.C requiere una inversión de S/. 2,791 M que planea realizar en dos
tramos: un primer tramo (aproximadamente S/. 691 M) será utilizado en el
acondicionamiento y ambientación del local, gastos pre operativos y capital de trabajo. El
segundo tramo comprende básicamente la compra del inmueble (S/. 2,100 M) ya que solo
se planea alquilarlo durante el primer año de operación. Al respecto, se prevé que el total
de la inversión será financiado con aportes de capital.
Las ventas ascenderán a S/. 6,292 M en el primer año, proyectándose un incremento solo
sustentado en el crecimiento de la población y de la inflación. De acuerdo a los flujos
proyectados se estima una TIR de 47% y un VPN de S/.1, 712 M.
Por lo tanto, se puede concluir que el modelo de negocio ofrecido hace que la idea
propuesta sea viable al ser atractiva tanto para el cliente como para el inversionista, lo que
en conjunto sienta las bases para su sostenibilidad en el tiempo.Tesis
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Lazzerini, Fábio Tadeu [UNESP]. "Fontes hidrominerais do Brasil: componentes biologicamente ativos (BAC) naturais." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102997.
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Os ambientes e recursos naturais de fontes hidrominerais devem fazer parte da governança e planejamento estratégico na saúde pública, meio ambiente, bem estar, turismo e mineração. Na atual política nacional observada em: termalismo social/crenoterapia como prática integrativa complementar da medicina (PIC) através da Portaria Ministério da Saúde 971/2006; na exploração e aplicação das águas minerais prevista pelas Portarias Ministério das Minas e Energia 337/2002 e 127/2011; na implementação do turismo de saúde e bem está orientado formalmente pelo Ministério do Turismo (Brasil, 2010) e pela gestão ambiental de recursos hídricos subterrâneos nas Resoluções do Ministério do Meio Ambiente CONAMA 396/2008 e CNRH 107/2010). Assim considerando-as como jazidas ou reservas minerais, para identificar e avaliar tais ocorrências é utilizada a técnica de prospectar suas propriedades de interesse econômico, neste caso, os principais componentes biologicamente ativos ou BAC (“biologically active components”), com seus teores mínimos necessários e em quais tipos de benefícios à saúde. Encontrar tais características em localidades brasileiras foi a principal meta deste trabalho. Por intermédio de compilação bibliográfica foram selecionados onze grupos com um total de sessenta bioativos (BAC) relacionados às fontes hidrominerais, de eficácias internacionalmente demonstradas em aplicações curativas ou restauradoras e em cinco critérios de usos. Além disto, confeccionou-se um banco de dados georreferenciados de exemplos no país, contendo informações para as mesmas variáveis BAC anterirores. Sobreposições de mapas temáticos auxiliaram em avaliações geográficas e geológicas e, finalmente, comparações estatísticas filtraram a seleção de alvos. Resultando em 525 municípios com nascentes ou poços possuindo ao menos uma evidencia de BAC. Os argumentos utilizados foram importantes na demonstração da...
The natural surrounds and resources wrapping hot or mineral springs belong to sustainable matter involving governance and strategic planning of public health, environment, welfare, tourism and mining sectors. Noted it, through the current Brazilian policy demand: social thermalism/hydrotherapy/crenotherapy selected like complementary alternative medicine (CAM) by health ministry law MS 971/2006 (PNPIC), hydro-thermal therapy qualifying DNPM (MME Ordinance 127/2011 and MME 337/2002), health and wellness tourism formally oriented by tourism ministry and environmental management groundwater resources (Resolution MME / CONAMA 396/2008 and MME / CNRH 107/2010). Whereas as fresh potable reserves or potential mineral aquatic strategic deposits, the main biologically active components (BAC) were identified, with their minimum levels needed to related health benefits. Similar to conventional mining prospection, these “cut off grade” detection, at natural occurrences from Brazil, was the major goal in this work. The bibliographic systematic review allowed identify the main bioactive substances (BAC) related to springs sources of elements enougth or proven as health beneficial and at which indications. Wards after, it was performed a georeferenced database with these same variables (BAC) from Brazilian springs. Overlays all through thematic maps assisted in geographical and geological evaluations, whereas, at the end, statistical comparisons filtered target selection at all. The total 60 possible natural BAC and its minimum values for efficacy globally reviewed and established were detected at least one BAC occurrence from 703 mineral springs at 525 Brazilian cities. The arguments utilized were important in demonstrating the abundant and diverse existence of this endowment, where its potential health applications are virtually unknown today
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Lazzerini, Fábio Tadeu. "Fontes hidrominerais do Brasil : componentes biologicamente ativos (BAC) naturais /." Rio Claro, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102997.
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Orientador: Daniel Marcos BonottoBanca: Dejanira Franceschi de Angelis
Banca: Jairo Roberto Jiménez Rueda
Banca: Jorge Luis Nepomuceno de Lima
Banca: Daniel Figueira de Barros
Resumo: Os ambientes e recursos naturais de fontes hidrominerais devem fazer parte da governança e planejamento estratégico na saúde pública, meio ambiente, bem estar, turismo e mineração. Na atual política nacional observada em: termalismo social/crenoterapia como prática integrativa complementar da medicina (PIC) através da Portaria Ministério da Saúde 971/2006; na exploração e aplicação das águas minerais prevista pelas Portarias Ministério das Minas e Energia 337/2002 e 127/2011; na implementação do turismo de saúde e bem está orientado formalmente pelo Ministério do Turismo (Brasil, 2010) e pela gestão ambiental de recursos hídricos subterrâneos nas Resoluções do Ministério do Meio Ambiente CONAMA 396/2008 e CNRH 107/2010). Assim considerando-as como jazidas ou reservas minerais, para identificar e avaliar tais ocorrências é utilizada a técnica de prospectar suas propriedades de interesse econômico, neste caso, os principais componentes biologicamente ativos ou BAC ("biologically active components"), com seus teores mínimos necessários e em quais tipos de benefícios à saúde. Encontrar tais características em localidades brasileiras foi a principal meta deste trabalho. Por intermédio de compilação bibliográfica foram selecionados onze grupos com um total de sessenta bioativos (BAC) relacionados às fontes hidrominerais, de eficácias internacionalmente demonstradas em aplicações curativas ou restauradoras e em cinco critérios de usos. Além disto, confeccionou-se um banco de dados georreferenciados de exemplos no país, contendo informações para as mesmas variáveis BAC anterirores. Sobreposições de mapas temáticos auxiliaram em avaliações geográficas e geológicas e, finalmente, comparações estatísticas filtraram a seleção de alvos. Resultando em 525 municípios com nascentes ou poços possuindo ao menos uma evidencia de BAC. Os argumentos utilizados foram importantes na demonstração da...
Abstract: The natural surrounds and resources wrapping hot or mineral springs belong to sustainable matter involving governance and strategic planning of public health, environment, welfare, tourism and mining sectors. Noted it, through the current Brazilian policy demand: social thermalism/hydrotherapy/crenotherapy selected like complementary alternative medicine (CAM) by health ministry law MS 971/2006 (PNPIC), hydro-thermal therapy qualifying DNPM (MME Ordinance 127/2011 and MME 337/2002), health and wellness tourism formally oriented by tourism ministry and environmental management groundwater resources (Resolution MME / CONAMA 396/2008 and MME / CNRH 107/2010). Whereas as fresh potable reserves or potential mineral aquatic strategic deposits, the main biologically active components (BAC) were identified, with their minimum levels needed to related health benefits. Similar to conventional mining prospection, these "cut off grade" detection, at natural occurrences from Brazil, was the major goal in this work. The bibliographic systematic review allowed identify the main bioactive substances (BAC) related to springs sources of elements enougth or proven as health beneficial and at which indications. Wards after, it was performed a georeferenced database with these same variables (BAC) from Brazilian springs. Overlays all through thematic maps assisted in geographical and geological evaluations, whereas, at the end, statistical comparisons filtered target selection at all. The total 60 possible natural BAC and its minimum values for efficacy globally reviewed and established were detected at least one BAC occurrence from 703 mineral springs at 525 Brazilian cities. The arguments utilized were important in demonstrating the abundant and diverse existence of this endowment, where its potential health applications are virtually unknown today
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Lysander, Nesamoni. "Natural Healing In Biblical Perspective: It's Contribution to Health Care." Thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/290720.
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Arentz, Susan. "The role of naturopathic medicine in the management of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:35143.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS was first described in 1935 by Irving F. Stein and Michael L. Leventhal as Stein Leventhal Syndrome; ‘women with ovarian hyperthecosis presenting with persistent anovulation, obesity and hirsutism.’ Today, PCOS is the most common reproductive endocrinopathy of women, the most common cause of ovarian infertility and the cause of significant distress. PCOS is associated with serious health risks in the short and long term including significantly increased risks for diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease, independent to body weight. For the health care system, the annual cost of PCOS in Australia was conservatively estimated as AU$400 million. The negative personal impact of PCOS on women’s quality of life and self-esteem is well defined and recognised. Current evidence-based medical management emphasises a multidisciplinary approach with lifestyle intervention recommended as first-line treatment. However, the strength of evidence for lifestyle intervention is limited by high attrition in RCTs and the clinical uptake remains impeded by the lack of evidence for optimal dietary and exercise practices. Additional forms of management are often needed. Pharmaceuticals and surgery may be used to regulate menstruation, reduce androgens and treat infertility and hyperinsulinaemia however these have limited capacity to address the range of PCOS symptoms, are often contra-indicated due to increased risk of co-morbidities or have high adverse effect profiles. In addition, women with PCOS have expressed preferences for alternatives to birth control pills and fertility drugs. Naturopathy is a type of complementary medicine with traditional origins in ancient western civilisations. Naturopaths could be described as complementary ‘general practitioners’ as they provide health care for a wide range of conditions using a variety of treatment modalities to enhance well-being and support the natural healing capabilities of the body. The case for naturopathy for PCOS is presented here based on three rationales; first on the basis of a clinical gap in medical management; second based on the clinical potential for naturopathic herbal medicine and nutritional supplements in women’s reproductive pathology, and third based on the increasingly high use and acceptability of complementary medicines by women throughout the world.
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Di, Stefano Vincent. "The meaning of natural medicine : an interpretive study." Thesis, 1998. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/17917/.
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Over the past two decades of practicing and teaching natural medicine, I have experienced
at first-hand the effects and influence of osteopathy, acupuncture, homoeopathy,
naturopathy and herbal medicine on my patients, on my family, and on my friends. I have
also witnessed the movement of a number of modalities of the natural medicines from
positions of marginality to sanctioned incorporation into the mainstream.
I come to this study committed to the work of communicating the great worth of the
natural medicines in the task of restoring health in our communities.
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Streatfield, Gregory William. "The effectiveness of the N.P.A.T. KwaZulu-Natal Midlands ecotherapy programme." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3178.
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There is much support for ecotherapy as a psychological intervention within the current literature. Research has indicated that ecotherapy does have a detectable therapeutic effect, particularly for programmes that run for more than 20 days. Furthermore, a number of studies have provided evidence ofthe effectiveness ofecotherapy in improving self-esteem and
psychological health. However, research and evaluation ofecotherapy programmes have been plagued with poor quality studies with serious methodological problems. Many past evaluations ofecotherapy programmes have used anecdotal evidence and outcome-based interpretations. The current study evaluated the effectiveness ofthe N.P.A.T. KwaZulu Natal
Midlands Ecotherapy Programme. The study focused on subjects' self-esteem and the manifestation ofpsychological symptoms as outcome measures. The experimental design employed three different experimental groups and a control group. All experimental and control groups were administered a pretest and posttest consisting ofthe Symptoms
Checklist-90-Revised and the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory-2. The pretest was administered before the ecotherapy programme. The experimental groups were administered the posttest one month after the ecotherapy programme. The control group were given no intervention, and were administered the posttest one month after the pretest. Pretest and
posttest differences were tested for significance using repeated measures analysis ofvariance (ANOVA). No statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups on the pretest and posttest. This suggests that the ecotherapy programme had no detectable effect on the experimental group subjects' self-esteem or the manifestation of
psychological symptoms. The implications ofthese results and future considerations were discussed.Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2003.
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"Learning to Doctor on the Margin of Medicine: The Socialization of Naturopathic Medical Students." Doctoral diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9039.
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abstract: This research explores the socialization and culture of naturopathic students. Naturopathic physicians are a rapidly growing group of health care providers with a different ideology than conventional physicians. At present they work on the margins of the division of labor in health care. Only 15 U.S. states explicitly recognize, regulate, and license their practice, although the number is increasing. Therefore, the professional socialization of naturopathic students is framed within a context of a changing division of labor in health care. The recent growth of naturopathic physicians reflects the American public's increased interest and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). However, these practitioners are not yet accepted as legitimate physicians by most conventional physicians. This research investigates how the professional socialization of students at a naturopathic medical school prepares them to assume their role as CAM providers in a division of labor that is dominated by conventional physicians. The research examines their choice to attend a naturopathic school, formal and informal socialization at the school, and the student culture. The main research site is a four-year, accredited naturopathic medical school where participant observation, intensive interviews, and a survey were used to collect data. Additional data are presented from observations at a national conference of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Results indicate that the student culture and socialization process at the naturopathic medical school differ in some important ways from the previously documented socialization process at conventional medical schools. The average age of naturopathic students is much older than conventional medical students, and a much larger percentage are women. Unlike conventional medical students, who rely heavily on role models and previous knowledge of what it takes to become a medical doctor, naturopathic students select a career path based on values and beliefs that are more aligned with their own than conventional medicine. The formal and informal training and culture of naturopathic students prepares them to work alongside, rather than within, mainstream medicine. The documentation of how a group of CAM practitioners is created contributes to a better understanding of the ever-changing ideology and division of labor in health care.Dissertation/Thesis
Ph.D. Sociology 2011
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Cirillo, Letizia. "The interactional organisation of talk in naturopathic interviews." Tesi di dottorato, 2006. http://www.fedoa.unina.it/880/1/Cirillo-Letizia_Tesi.pdf.
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Negli ultimi trent’anni si è assistito a un proliferare di studi sul parlato in contesti istituzionali. Tra questi va annoverato l’ambito clinico, all’interno del quale particolare interesse ha suscitato l’interazione medico-paziente.
Tradizionalmente il colloquio medico-paziente è stato concepito come un evento comunicativo rigidamente strutturato controllato dal medico, nel quale poco o nessuno spazio viene concesso alle iniziative del paziente. Tale visione, tuttavia, sembra dipendere dalla tendenza, piuttosto diffusa, a considerare le strategie comunicative dei medici tralasciando quelle dei pazienti.
Diversamente da questa tendenza, il presente studio esamina sistematicamente le iniziative del paziente nell’arco del colloquio con il medico, e le confronta con le risposte di quest’ultimo dimostrando come il paziente contribuisca attivamente a strutturare il discorso. A tal fine vengono analizzati nove colloqui, tra studenti di medicina naturopatica e pazienti ambulatoriali, registrati presso il Naturopathic Medical Center dell’Università di Bridgeport (CT, USA) e trascritti secondo le convenzioni dell’analisi della conversazione.
Un esame attento dei colloqui rivela come i ruoli e le attività dei partecipanti nelle varie fasi degli stessi siano interazionalmente stabiliti. Tale lavoro congiunto, che vede i medici mostrarsi empatici nei confronti delle preoccupazioni espresse dai pazienti, e i pazienti possedere una specifica conoscenza procedurale del colloquio, consente un’alternanza di “voci” in virtù della quale si realizza un delicato equilibrio tra le priorità del paziente e l’agenda medica.
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Solomon, Daniela. "Curriculum-based Classification: A Case Study at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine Library." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106238.
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This paper presents classification systems changes that Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) Library considered necessary in order to organize its collections in ways more readily comprehensible to its users. Because the main purpose of classification is to arrange the materials in ways that facilitate access to information, the classification of the SCNM collections was changed to match more closely the curriculum structure at the College, and thus, to be closer to its users understanding. These changes have been made within areas where the differences between naturopathic and conventional medicine are most obvious, more precisely: diet therapy, acupuncture, homeopathy, physical medicine, botanical medicine, and environmental medicine. Naturopathic medicine uses a natural approach to health and healing. However, many consider naturopathic medicine pseudoscientific. One of the implications of this general attitude towards naturopathy is that within both the Library of Congress and the National Library of Medicine classification systems the naturopathic medicine presence seems to be a minimal afterthought. Although a steadily increasing interest in alternative health use by the general public is observable, both in general and in academic settings, the Library of Congress and the National Library of Medicine have been slow in making any changes in their subject headings and classification systems. The article focuses on changes made within three areas: botanical medicine, homeopathy, and nutrition and diet therapy. The spirit of this process is reflected by the Libraryâ s logo: â A Customized Information Service that Fits Your Natural Health Research Needs.â
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Moss, Karen E. "Naturopathic, homeopathic, western herbalist & traditional Chinese medicine leaders' perceptions of new Canadian product regulations." 2005. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=370436&T=F.
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Novak, Kerri L. "Attitudes, perceptions and practices of oncologists and naturopathic physicians regarding the role of diet in breast cancer prevention and treatment." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9070.
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Increasing consumer demands for holistic health care and dietary advice
parallel conflicting and incomplete messages in the scientific and lay literature regarding
the role of nutrition in breast cancer. Oncologists and naturopaths are important sources
of advice to help women sort out such conflicting information. In this qualitative study,
10 oncologists and 11 naturopaths were interviewed to explore their beliefs and
counseling practices regarding the relationship between diet and breast cancer. Interviews
were transcribed verbatim and analysed using qualitative methods. The oncologists
believed age, genetics and reproductive factors are important risk factors, and while
dietary factors such as fat and alcohol consumption may play a role, such relationships
have not been proven scientifically. The oncologists suggested increasing fruit, vegetable
and fibre intakes could improve overall health; however because available research
evidence does not meet the criteria of evidence-based medicine, they did not make
specific dietary recommendations for breast cancer prevention or treatment.
Alternatively, the naturopaths implicated exogenous hormones, environmental pollutants
and lifestyle factors like diet and stress as important contributors to breast cancer
etiology. They recommended that patients increase consumption of organic whole foods,
antioxidant supplements, fruits and vegetables, and avoid processed or refined foods,
animal fats, dairy products and sugar to decrease breast cancer risk. These
recommendations were based on a combination of published scientific evidence, clinical
experience and single case studies. The naturopaths' lack of exclusive reliance on science
to justify clinical recommendations was described by oncologists as their primary reason for not working directly with naturopaths. Alternatively, the naturopaths believed they
were excluded from conventional breast cancer care for political reasons. Differences in
practitioners' beliefs and perceptions of each others' profession reflect variations in their
training in the scientific method and their educational and professional socialization. The
variation in these health professionals' beliefs, use of evidence, and resulting clinical
practices and misperceptions of each other fuel mutual misunderstanding. An open and
respectful dialogue between oncologists and naturopaths is important to bridge gaps
between these professionals, and to facilitate patients' ability to make informed choices
about their health care and dietary practices.
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Maharaj, Prashadhna Devi. "The efficacy of a topical naturopathic complex (Allium sativum MT, Hydrastis canadensis MT, Apis mellifica D3 and Urtica urens D3) in the treatment of Tinea pedis." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/25.
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xx, 108 leavesTinea pedis, more commonly known as “Athlete’s foot”, is a common acute infection that occurs in warm, humid climates (Fitzpatrick, et al. 1992:98). Warmth, humidity, trauma and occlusion such as non-breathable footwear increase the susceptibility to infection (Prescott, et al. 1999:814). The infection can become chronic in people who are more susceptible such as patients who are immuno-suppressed or those who have Diabetes mellitus (al Hassan, et al. 2004: 1). The aim of this placebo-controlled double-blind study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a topical naturopathic complex comprising of Allium sativum mother tincture (Ø), Hydrastis canadensis (Ø), Apis mellifica (D3) and Urtica urens (D3) (in an aqueous cream base) in the treatment of Tinea pedis. The complex utilized in this study is regarded as naturopathic because the remedies comprising the complex were selected for the following reasons: •Allium sativum and Hydrastis canadensis, each utilized in mother tincture, were selected for their antifungal properties. •Apis mellifica and Urtica urens, each utilized in D3 potency were selected because their skin symptomotology most accurately matched the symptoms associated with “Athlete’s foot”.
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Baptista, Diana Sofia de Sousa. "A importância das terapêuticas não convencionais na hipercolesterolemia." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/6568.
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A hipercolesterolemia caracteriza-se pelo aumento dos níveis de colesterol no sangue. Apesar do colesterol ser uma substância endógena que desempenha funções biológicas fundamentais, quando em excesso no sangue, pode aumentar consideravelmente o risco de doenças cardiovasculares (DCV). Assim torna-se necessário controlar os níveis de colesterol, de forma a mantê-los nos intervalos de referência.
É imperativo actuar na prevenção e/ou na implementação de farmacoterapia eficaz e segura. As estatinas são consideradas a classe de fármacos de primeira linha no que diz respeito ao tratamento farmacológico desta patologia, uma vez que reduzem eficazmente os níveis de colesterol total e de colesterol LDL. Embora muito eficazes, por vezes são mal toleradas.
As terapêuticas não convencionais (TNC) têm surgido como opções no tratamento da hipercolesterolemia, sendo cada vez mais procuradas. Estas são um conjunto de terapêuticas que têm frequentemente por base princípios diferentes da medicina convencional e que por vezes, dispõem das suas próprias técnicas de diagnóstico e de tratamento. A legislação actualmente vigente em Portugal reconhece sete TNC, sendo elas, a acupunctura, a fitoterapia, a homeopatia, a medicina tradicional chinesa (MTC), a naturopatia, a osteopatia e a quiropraxia.
Na presente monografia será enunciado de que modo a fitoterapia, a naturopatia e medicina tradicional chinesa actuam na diminuição e controlo da hipercolesterolemia.
A homeopatia não foi abordada, uma vez que se rege por princípios muito próprios, não comparáveis com a medicina convencional. A osteopatia e quiropraxia por sua vez são terapias que têm por base a manipulação do corpo humano e por isso não actuam sobre a diminuição dos níveis de colesterol.Hypercholesterolemia is characterized by increased levels of cholesterol in the blood. Although cholesterol is an endogenous substance that plays key biological functions, when in excess in the blood, it can greatly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Thus, it is necessary to control cholesterol levels in order to maintain them in the reference intervals. It is imperative to act in the prevention and/or implementation of effective and safe pharmacotherapy. Statins are considered the class of first-line drugs with regard to the pharmacological treatment of this pathology, since they effectively reduce the levels of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. Although very effective, they are sometimes poorly tolerated. Unconventional therapies (UTs) have emerged as options in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, being increasingly sought after. These are a set of therapies often based on different principles of conventional medicine and sometimes have their own diagnostic and treatment techniques. The legislation currently in force in Portugal recognizes seven UTs, including acupuncture, phytotherapy, homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), naturopathy, osteopathy and chiropractic. In this monograph will be stated how phytotherapy, naturopathy and traditional Chinese medicine act in the reduction and control of hypercholesterolemia. Homeopathy has not been addressed since it is governed by very own principles, not comparable with conventional medicine. Osteopathy and chiropractic are in turn therapies that are based on the manipulation of the human body and so do not act on lowering cholesterol levels.