Health literacy and food beliefs among Ibans ethnicity Sarawak

Yap S.B., . Health literacy and food beliefs among Ibans ethnicity Sarawak. pp. 294-300. ISSN 0300-5283

A morbidity survey was carried out on a sample of eight longhouses in the Entabai area of the Sixth Division Sarawak. Of the 645 respondents interviewed only 148 had experienced at least one spell of illness during the month prior to the survey. A totol of 161 spells of illness was reported giving a rate of three spells per person per year for the community. Most of the complaints were mild in nature with fever and aches being the commonest reported. About two thirds of the illness were seen by the village aids or at the klinik desa while the remaining preferred to be treated by the manang. A sub-sample of 49 heads of household were interviewed on their views of the causation prevention and spread of five common conditions. About 14-43 of the respondents had no knowledge of the causes of fever cough diarrhoea or worms. Among those who mentioned some causative factors only a portion had correct concepts of the various aspects of diseases. Food taboos associated with the five conditions were not too numerous and extensive enough to effect dietary intakes. However this is not so during the post-partum period where the mother is not allowed to eat many vegetables and meat which are common items in their everyday diets.

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A morbidity survey was carried out on a sample of eight longhouses in the Entabai area of the Sixth Division Sarawak. Of the 645 respondents interviewed only 148 had experienced at least one spell of illness during the month prior to the survey. A totol of 161 spells of illness was reported giving a rate of three spells per person per year for the community. Most of the complaints were mild in nature with fever and aches being the commonest reported. About two thirds of the illness were seen by the village aids or at the klinik desa while the remaining preferred to be treated by the manang. A sub-sample of 49 heads of household were interviewed on their views of the causation prevention and spread of five common conditions. About 14-43 of the respondents had no knowledge of the causes of fever cough diarrhoea or worms. Among those who mentioned some causative factors only a portion had correct concepts of the various aspects of diseases. Food taboos associated with the five conditions were not too numerous and extensive enough to effect dietary intakes. However this is not so during the post-partum period where the mother is not allowed to eat many vegetables and meat which are common items in their everyday diets.

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	1 table; 9 ref. Summary (En)
AGROVOC Term:	SALUD
AGROVOC Term:	MORBOSIDAD
AGROVOC Term:	GRUPOS ETNICOS
AGROVOC Term:	SARAWAK/ PREFERENCIA DE ALIMENTOS
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:53
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18628

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