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Susanti, R.D. (2023)

Kearifan Kesehatan Lokal: indigenous medical knowledge and practice for integrated nursing of the elderly with cardiovascular disease in Sumedang, West Java: towards transcultural nursing in Indonesia

Doctoral Thesis
The different kinds of cultural perspectives on health and disease of the participants are related to their knowledge, beliefs, values and practices manifested in various forms of lifestyle in Indonesia. The cultural diversity of the population is also related to differences in health behaviour. Nursing as a profession has to be able to encourage clients and patients, particularly with Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) to obtain holistic nursing in an effort to meet all client needs, regardless of their ethno-cultural background and their diverse beliefs and values about health and healing. Every effort to improve cultural competency among nursing practitioners who fully work with diverse patients from the numerous ethno-cultural groups in Indonesia is a challenge. One important step which can be taken is to learn and understand the Sundanese people as the dominant cultural group in West Java. The situation certainly requires a deepening of understanding of social behaviour and...Show moreThe different kinds of cultural perspectives on health and disease of the participants are related to their knowledge, beliefs, values and practices manifested in various forms of lifestyle in Indonesia. The cultural diversity of the population is also related to differences in health behaviour. Nursing as a profession has to be able to encourage clients and patients, particularly with Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) to obtain holistic nursing in an effort to meet all client needs, regardless of their ethno-cultural background and their diverse beliefs and values about health and healing. Every effort to improve cultural competency among nursing practitioners who fully work with diverse patients from the numerous ethno-cultural groups in Indonesia is a challenge. One important step which can be taken is to learn and understand the Sundanese people as the dominant cultural group in West Java. The situation certainly requires a deepening of understanding of social behaviour and public health in terms of how to use traditional institutions such as kearifan kesehatan lokal, as well as indigenous knowledge of jamu and ubar kampung in dealing with health care of the elderly with CVD.
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Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous medical knowledge
Integrated nursing
Medicinal plants
Sundanese
Traditional medicine
Traditional institutions
Transcultural nursing
All authors
Susanti, R.D.
Supervisor
Spaink, H.P.
Co-supervisor
Slikkerveer, L.J.
Committee
Meijer, A.H.; Smets, E.F.; Kessler, P.J.A.; Gravendeel, B.; Dubois, E.F.L.
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Awarding Institution
Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Faculty of Science, Leiden University
Date
2023-12-08
Title of host publication
Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme Studies
ISBN (print)
9789464733174

Publication Series

Name
14

Funding

Sponsorship
DIKTI (The Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia)