Table 2.

Health care practitioners’ experiences with traditional healing

Item	Never/Seldom % n	Regularly/Often % n	Always % n
I have consulted traditional healers after I qualified as a health care practitioner	90.9 290	8.2 26	0.9 3
I have consulted traditional healers before I qualified as a health care practitioner	88.7 283	9.1 14	2.2 7
I have seen patients who were effectively treated by traditional healers	66.8 213	25.4 81	7.8 25
I do refer patients to traditional healers	95.6 305	3.5 11	0.9 3
I often consult a traditional healer	92.8 296	6.6 21	0.6 2
Some of my friends consult THs	55.2 176	36 115	8.8 28
I have heard of Western-trained health care practitioners who consult THs for reasons other than illness	72.4 231	24.5 78	3.1 10
Traditional healers often share knowledge of health care with me	89.7 286	9.7 31	0.6 2
Have heard of Western-trained health care practitioners who consult traditional healers when ill	73.0 233	24.5 78	2.5 8
I have treated patients referred by traditional healers	56.7 181	34.2 109	9.1 29