The relationship between Indigenous and allopathic health practitioners in Africa and its implications for collaboration: a qualitative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There have been increasing calls for collaboration between Indigenous health practitioners (IHPs) and allopathic health practitioners (AHPs) in Africa. Despite this, very few successful systems exist to facilitate formal collaboration. Direct relationships between providers, and at a health systems level are crucial to successful collaboration, but the nature and extent of these relationships have yet to be adequately explored.

Objective

To explore the relationship between IHPs and AHPs in Africa, and to discuss the implications of this for future collaboration.

Methods

An interpretive qualitative synthesis approach, combining elements of thematic analysis, meta-ethnography, and grounded theory, was used to systematically bring together findings of qualitat

SUBMITTER: Oseni Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7646596 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature