Table 5

Suggested ways of collaboration among providers who expressed a wish to collaborate

Responses from BHPs(n = 61)
Responses from THPs(n = 139)

How to collaborate
Frequencies (%)
How to collaborate
Frequencies (%)

Meetings/Workshops/Cross-visits
23 (37.7)
Cross-referrals
41 (29.4)
Learning about traditional medicine
13 (21.3)
Work together
35 (25.2)
Work together
6 (9.8)
Collaboration/respect/recognition
26 (18.7)
THPs refer to BMs
6 (9.8)
Meetings/Workshops/Cross-visits
15 (10.7)
Visit THPs
5 (8.2)
Learning about biomedicine
14 (10.0)
Refer patients to THPs
4 (6.6)
Joint research programmes
11 (7.9)
Train THPs
3 (4.9)
Other
9 (6.5)
Joint research programmes
2 (3.7)


Cross-referrals
2 (3.7)


Lobbying together for policy change
2 (3.7)


Other
4 (6.6)



Because multiple responses were given, the sum of responses may be >100%

Kaboru et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:16   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-16

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