Broad Support Among Stakeholders for Collaboration Between Traditional Bonesetters and Formal Healthcare: A Qualitative Study in a Resource-Limited Setting.

ABSTRACT: Extremity fractures are increasingly common in Sub-Saharan Africa. In many resource-limited settings, patients with fractures have historically sought out traditional bonesetters (TBSs) and continue to do so, in part due to the undercapacity of existing orthopedic facilities. This qualitative study investigates key stakeholder perspectives on intersectoral collaboration between the formal healthcare system and TBSs in treating extremity fractures in the Rorya district, Tanzania. We combined focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with four key stakeholder groups: patients with previous fractures, TBSs, hospital staff, and local government representatives. Questions concerned stakeholder experience, advantages of TBS and hospital care, perspectives on collaboration, and poten

SUBMITTER: Binnerts J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11948548 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature