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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Children and Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1531501
This article is part of the Research TopicThe role of nutritional supplements and oral complementary or alternative medicine supplements for the management of chronic conditions in childrenView all 3 articles
Parental traditional medicine use to children and its associated factors at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital: A cross-sectional study
Provisionally accepted- 1Depertment of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
- 2Department of pediatric and child health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia,, Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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Background: The use of traditional medicine (TM) among different group of population has recently shown explosive growth. However, there is limited evidence regarding the extent and its associated factors of using TM for children. The use of traditional medicine (TM) among different group of population has recently shown explosive growth. However, there is limited evidence regarding the extent and characteristics of using TM for children. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of parental TM use for children at
Keywords: Traditional, Medicine, Children, Parents, factors, use
Received: 20 Nov 2024; Accepted: 31 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tekle, Jara, Ayenew, Toru and Sema. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Masho Tekle, Depertment of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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