User:Madhubhatt

We have many traditional belief and knowledge, everywhere in world in all communities, developed or underdeveloped. Most of them are myths if we see them on the light of modern scientific knowledge. It is common in the process of social development of a community it also developed its own belief and myths, which generally got strength from the influential people of the community, later on it becomes a common practice and norm. Health related issues also become the part of these rituals. We have seen that most of the rituals may not have the scientific ground but they have deep roots in the social fabric of the community. Healthcare workers face such situation many times daily during their working. It is not only seen in underdeveloped communities but it is equally prevalent in the developing and developed communities, the intensity may be varying. These myths and belief may be so deep routed that many times it becomes really difficult to run the healthcare programs. These myth and belief become the routine and way of life in the community. In my experience in healthcare delivery systems, it is very important to address this issue. Any community health program can have negative response if we are going against the myths and belief of the community. Only scientific reasons cannot work to make the community to understand the problem. The scientific reason can be the ground but it is necessary to educate the community in a gradual and stepping-up manner. It is very important principal of the community health education that your approach in addressing the issues which are not good for the community health perspective. Recently we have witnessed many immunization programs in different parts of world having grate opposition from the community on various grounds. Religious beliefs pose a difficult task in-front of the community health workers. There are many religious belief though they don’t have any scientific ground but that becomes in conflict with the some community health programs. Generally they are considered as the direct threat to a particular religion or a community. Here the situation can become very volatile and many times hazardous to the community health workers. Role of the religious leaders become very important in such situations, since they have authenticity in the community, they can be utilized to convey the massage and resolve the situation. It is not true that every belief and myth in a community is wrong. There are many traditional knowledge which may not have scientific ground but that has got good community health advantage. We should not try to conflict with them only on the basis that they are not scientific, but we can take their leverage, and it works well. Many of the myths and beliefs have tremendous effect on the psyche an mental health of the community. They can be religious and social rituals which can help the community health workers to mobilize the community and changing the behaviour of the community. Madhubhatt (talk) 06:08, 25 October 2014 (UTC)Madhubhatt (talk) 09:22, 26 October 2014 (UTC) http://www.healthandcaresolutions.com