Pagdikta (The dictation): the meanings in Filipino mothers’ experience of using herbal plants in the management of their children’s fever
One of the main indicators of an illness is fever and it is managed in different ways by mothers based on their existing culture. After a health diagnosis, dominant fever management of a certain community with inaccessible health center was the use of herbal plants despite easy access to relat...
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ukm-35512016-12-14T06:34:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3551/ Pagdikta (The dictation): the meanings in Filipino mothers’ experience of using herbal plants in the management of their children’s fever Leocadio, Michael C. Jabai, Alrajii C. Rul, Jenylyn A. Sanche, Louise Anne D. Sauler, Rica Gertrude T. Tan, Apple Mae A. Tapispisa, Jopheth N. One of the main indicators of an illness is fever and it is managed in different ways by mothers based on their existing culture. After a health diagnosis, dominant fever management of a certain community with inaccessible health center was the use of herbal plants despite easy access to relatively expensive over-the-counter medicine. Hence, we explored the meanings of using herbal plants in the management of children’s fever by Filipino using qualitative-phenomenological research philosophy (Colaizzi, ). Seven mothers were interviewed with the aid of recorders, journals, field notes and memos with the mothers’ consents. The narrative data were analyzed using the Morse and Field process. Themes were discovered highlighting the process of how the mothers managed their children’s fever through the utilization of herbal plants. Thematic variations in the use of herbal plants and their preparation, utilization and application were ascertained. From these thematic analysis emerged a cultural relationality which provided an integrated process of PAGDIKTA (Eng. dictation), the major theme of the experience. This summarized the selection, adoption and transfer of the herbal plants for management of fever with cultural involvement. PAGDIKTA [acronym which means PAG-pitas, DIK-dik, TA-pal] is the concept learned to present the views of cultural selection, adoption and transfer of fever management practice of motherinformants. PAGDIKTA can be further analyzed with the following subconcepts: Pagpitas (Eng. picking) is the process of choosing a culturally accepted herbal plant for their fever. Dikdik (Eng. pounding) is the progression of cultural adoptation and imbuement of practice by mother-informants. Tapal (Eng. application) is the application and transmission of the feverpractice based on the perceived and observed efficacy of practices directed to their children’s fever. Cultural awareness, assessment and competence are needed to completely understand specific populations with special needs such as the mothers in a community in the Philippines. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3551/1/special%2520issue%25202011_24.pdf Leocadio, Michael C. and Jabai, Alrajii C. and Rul, Jenylyn A. and Sanche, Louise Anne D. and Sauler, Rica Gertrude T. and Tan, Apple Mae A. and Tapispisa, Jopheth N. (2011) Pagdikta (The dictation): the meanings in Filipino mothers’ experience of using herbal plants in the management of their children’s fever. International Journal of Public Health Research, specia . pp. 169-179. ISSN 2232-0245 http://www.ijphr.ukm.my/ |
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One of the main indicators of an illness is fever and
it is managed in different ways by mothers based
on their existing culture. After a health diagnosis,
dominant fever management of a certain
community with inaccessible health center was the
use of herbal plants despite easy access to
relatively expensive over-the-counter medicine.
Hence, we explored the meanings of using herbal
plants in the management of children’s fever by
Filipino using qualitative-phenomenological
research philosophy (Colaizzi, ). Seven mothers
were interviewed with the aid of recorders,
journals, field notes and memos with the mothers’
consents. The narrative data were analyzed using
the Morse and Field process. Themes were
discovered highlighting the process of how the
mothers managed their children’s fever through the
utilization of herbal plants. Thematic variations in
the use of herbal plants and their preparation,
utilization and application were ascertained. From
these thematic analysis emerged a cultural
relationality which provided an integrated process
of PAGDIKTA (Eng. dictation), the major theme
of the experience. This summarized the selection,
adoption and transfer of the herbal plants for
management of fever with cultural involvement.
PAGDIKTA [acronym which means PAG-pitas,
DIK-dik, TA-pal] is the concept learned to present
the views of cultural selection, adoption and
transfer of fever management practice of motherinformants.
PAGDIKTA can be further analyzed
with the following subconcepts: Pagpitas (Eng.
picking) is the process of choosing a culturally
accepted herbal plant for their fever. Dikdik (Eng.
pounding) is the progression of cultural adoptation
and imbuement of practice by mother-informants.
Tapal (Eng. application) is the application and
transmission of the feverpractice based on the
perceived and observed efficacy of practices
directed to their children’s fever. Cultural
awareness, assessment and competence are needed
to completely understand specific populations with
special needs such as the mothers in a community
in the Philippines. |
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Leocadio, Michael C. Jabai, Alrajii C. Rul, Jenylyn A. Sanche, Louise Anne D. Sauler, Rica Gertrude T. Tan, Apple Mae A. Tapispisa, Jopheth N. |
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Leocadio, Michael C. Jabai, Alrajii C. Rul, Jenylyn A. Sanche, Louise Anne D. Sauler, Rica Gertrude T. Tan, Apple Mae A. Tapispisa, Jopheth N. Pagdikta (The dictation): the meanings in Filipino mothers’ experience of using herbal plants in the management of their children’s fever |
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Leocadio, Michael C. Jabai, Alrajii C. Rul, Jenylyn A. Sanche, Louise Anne D. Sauler, Rica Gertrude T. Tan, Apple Mae A. Tapispisa, Jopheth N. |
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