Evidence of past and current collaborations between traditional health practitioners and biomedical health practitioners: A scoping review protocol
Abstract
Healthcare seekers around the globe use
more than one healthcare system, with most using the
traditional and the Western approaches concurrently. To
date, little collaboration between the two systems has
taken place within the mental health space compared
with other areas of medicine. In order to inform integrating
plans for traditional health practitioners and biomedical
health practitioners in the South African mental health
system, it is important to know which models of
collaboration are used in other medical settings and
contexts. This study aims to document global evidence
on collaboration practices between traditional health
practitioners and biomedical professionals when working
with various health conditions.
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