{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3103671964","doi":"https://doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","title":"Indigenous Knowledge on Health care among the Ovahimba Community of Oukongo Village in Kunene Region of Namibia","display_name":"Indigenous Knowledge on Health care among the Ovahimba Community of Oukongo Village in Kunene Region of Namibia","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-08-21","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3103671964","doi":"https://doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","mag":"3103671964"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.32642/.v8i2.1451","doi":"https://doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","pdf_url":"https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/JSHSS/article/download/1451/1212","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4390296971","display_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2026-7215","issn":["2026-7215"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","host_organization_name":"University of Namibia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/JSHSS/article/download/1451/1212","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061779837","display_name":"Miriam Ndalilashiwa Hamunyela","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","display_name":"University of Namibia","ror":"https://ror.org/016xje988","country_code":"NA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]}],"countries":["NA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Miriam Ndalilashiwa Hamunyela","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Namibia;  Lifelong Learning and Community Education","Lifelong Learning and Community Education","University of Namibia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Namibia;  Lifelong Learning and Community Education","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Lifelong Learning and Community Education","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Namibia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055554402","display_name":"Haaveshe Nekongo-Nielsen","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","display_name":"University of Namibia","ror":"https://ror.org/016xje988","country_code":"NA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]}],"countries":["NA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haaveshe Nekongo-Nielsen","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Namibia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Namibia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009099694","display_name":"Alex Tubawene Kanyimba","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6166-1676","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6166-1676"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","display_name":"University of Namibia","ror":"https://ror.org/016xje988","country_code":"NA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]}],"countries":["NA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alex Kanyimba","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Namibia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Namibia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.1581,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.43908751,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"2","first_page":"107","last_page":"140"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10431","display_name":"Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10431","display_name":"Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13934","display_name":"Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture","score":0.0007999999797903001,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10348","display_name":"Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/indigenous-knowledge","display_name":"indigenous knowledge","score":0.9629999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicinal-plants","display_name":"medicinal plants","score":0.9190000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/traditional-medicine","display_name":"traditional medicine","score":0.8199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ovahimba","display_name":"Ovahimba","score":0.9750000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kunene-region","display_name":"Kunene Region","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-based-remedies","display_name":"plant-based remedies","score":0.9409999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ancestral-knowledge","display_name":"ancestral knowledge","score":0.5270000100135803}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55958113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169480","display_name":"Indigenous","level":2,"score":0.8118679523468018},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C514011633","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1428168","display_name":"Traditional knowledge","level":3,"score":0.7858802676200867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45355965","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1643441","display_name":"Socioeconomics","level":1,"score":0.4846506714820862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160735492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31207","display_name":"Health care","level":2,"score":0.43800684809684753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C552854447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131201","display_name":"Sustainable development","level":2,"score":0.43134158849716187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.35094451904296875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C556039675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q771035","display_name":"Traditional medicine","level":1,"score":0.3349377512931824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.32737821340560913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.27698224782943726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.2485302984714508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.21641770005226135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.11754530668258667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.11260953545570374}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.32642/.v8i2.1451","doi":"https://doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","pdf_url":"https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/JSHSS/article/download/1451/1212","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4390296971","display_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2026-7215","issn":["2026-7215"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","host_organization_name":"University of Namibia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:journals.unam.edu.na:article/1451","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/index/article/view/1451","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4390296971","display_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2026-7215","issn":["2026-7215"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","host_organization_name":"University of Namibia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"10.32642/.v8i2","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.32642/.v8i2.1451","doi":"https://doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.32642/.v8i2.1451","pdf_url":"https://journals.unam.edu.na/index.php/JSHSS/article/download/1451/1212","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4390296971","display_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","issn_l":"2026-7215","issn":["2026-7215"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I217085601","host_organization_name":"University of Namibia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I217085601"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","score":0.9391000270843506}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327321","display_name":"National Commission on Research, Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04q58ph11"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3103671964.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3103671964.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4197314","https://openalex.org/W26565729","https://openalex.org/W596781836","https://openalex.org/W808057096","https://openalex.org/W1542932561","https://openalex.org/W1568439372","https://openalex.org/W2011121774","https://openalex.org/W2040402086","https://openalex.org/W2096657887","https://openalex.org/W2098569802","https://openalex.org/W2131671438","https://openalex.org/W2135147458","https://openalex.org/W2148212122","https://openalex.org/W2170048554","https://openalex.org/W2172225039","https://openalex.org/W2276804288","https://openalex.org/W2339304190","https://openalex.org/W2490780952","https://openalex.org/W2523479080","https://openalex.org/W2523982994","https://openalex.org/W2725663454","https://openalex.org/W2784355885","https://openalex.org/W2792319997","https://openalex.org/W2943469756","https://openalex.org/W3035566795","https://openalex.org/W3085828545","https://openalex.org/W4294738730","https://openalex.org/W4300102234","https://openalex.org/W6748396696","https://openalex.org/W6772352521"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7044085290","https://openalex.org/W1972269831","https://openalex.org/W7171968913","https://openalex.org/W2487298841","https://openalex.org/W2945414269","https://openalex.org/W3199355006","https://openalex.org/W4402112806","https://openalex.org/W3005868014","https://openalex.org/W2511872123","https://openalex.org/W2086802871"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,30,55,67,105,139,151],"purpose":[1],"of":[2,11,21,28,33,45,74,91,111,114,137,162,170,174,183,200],"this":[3,37],"study":[4,38,152],"was":[5],"to":[6,156,196],"explore":[7],"the":[8,19,25,42,52,61,71,89,109,163,168,171,178,181,197],"indigenous":[9,158,184],"knowledge":[10,46,50,185,202],"medicinal":[12],"plants":[13],"for":[14,88,180],"treating":[15],"common":[16],"illnesses":[17],"among":[18],"Ovahimba":[20,72],"Oukongo":[22,75],"village":[23,76],"in":[24],"Kunene":[26],"region":[27],"Namibia.":[29],"coevolutionary":[31],"theory":[32,173],"sustainable":[34,175],"development":[35,176],"informed":[36],"as":[39,81,94,177],"it":[40,120,126],"promotes":[41],"anti-hegemonic":[43],"ecology":[44],"and":[47,64,86,96,103,118,129,146,190],"synchronises":[48],"traditional":[49],"with":[51,132,186],"modern":[53,187],"world.":[54],"interview":[56],"data":[57],"were":[58],"analysed":[59],"using":[60],"inductive":[62],"approach":[63],"content":[65],"analysis.":[66],"results":[68],"show":[69],"that":[70],"community":[73],"use":[77],"plant-based":[78],"remedies":[79],"such":[80,93],"roots,":[82,144],"leaves,":[83],"bark,":[84],"fruits":[85],"flowers":[87,148],"treatment":[90],"ailments":[92],"headaches":[95],"diarrhoea,":[97],"high":[98],"blood":[99],"pressure,":[100],"chest":[101],"pain":[102],"syphilis.":[104],"remedy":[106],"preparation":[107],"follows":[108],"process":[110,140],"harvesting":[112],"parts":[113],"a":[115],"plant,":[116],"cleaning":[117],"breaking":[119],"into":[121,127,149],"small":[122],"pieces":[123],"or":[124,134],"crushing":[125],"powder":[128],"then":[130],"mixing":[131],"water":[133],"some":[135],"form":[136],"liquid.":[138],"also":[141,166],"includes":[142],"chewing":[143],"leaves":[145],"burning":[147],"ashes.":[150],"recommends":[153,167],"further":[154],"research":[155],"document":[157],"health":[159,188,204],"care":[160,189],"practices":[161],"Ovahimba.":[164],"It":[165],"adoption":[169],"co-evolutionary":[172],"basis":[179],"synchronisation":[182],"thus":[191],"promote":[192],"future":[193],"generations\u2019":[194],"access":[195],"rich":[198],"heritage":[199],"ancestral":[201],"on":[203],"care.":[205]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2020-11-23T00:00:00"}