The Concept of Health and Illness and the Treatment-seeking Behavior from the Cultural Perspective of Assotipo Tribes in Assotipo District, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province
Keywords:
Health and Illness, Concept, Confession, Assotipo tribeAbstract
Background: Health is a human right that is fundamental. The World Health Organization defines it as "a state of complete physical, psychological and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) data, the health service infrastructure of the Assotipo tribe must create healthy social conditions. The tribe must be involved in the success of national health development, which aims to increase awareness, willingness and ability to live healthy lives. There is, however, a sociological imbalance.
Research Objectives: Exploring the concept of health and illness and the behavior of seeking treatment from the cultural perspective of the Assotipo tribe in the Assotipo District, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province. Research method: The research method used in this study was qualitative research using a phenomenological method that seeks to understand reality as it is.
This study was conducted in February-March 2020 in Assotipo District, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province. A total of 20 (twenty) informants were taken using a method of purposive sampling. The main methods of data collection are in-depth interviews and participatory observation.
Results: Communities of the Assotipo tribe assume that health and illness are part of their personal interests. Health and illness were linked to the balance of natural forces and human strength. Cultural attachment drives people away from their priorities to take care of their health. In general, patients with mild complaints come to the public health centre, but still use cultural methods under certain conditions. Community medicine by means of cultural methods used to be known as customary worship, which is now called confession. Resolving the problems of health care needs to have a deep understanding of their concepts and interpretations of health , illness and the various traditional treatments that are well expressed in their culture.
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