One thing not discussed much re Indonesia’s COVID response is a lack of public scientific literacy. Although endearing, many genuinely believe masuk angin is real which indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of how diseases work. Better public health messaging urgently needed
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It indicates that the way people perceive illness is different than the biomedical explanation. The association between cold(er) climates and disease is indeed found in many cultures, not only in Indonesia. Understanding of this perception is important for effective PH comm but
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...sometimes health practitioners adapt this perception and forgo biomedical explanation because education is tricky and if not done right most of the time it goes in one ear and out the other (sometimes because they believe it too. After all they’re part of the community)
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