Healing Beyond Medicine: Lived Experiences of Individuals Seeking Folk Healing in Kinabuhayan Dolores, Quezon Province
Journal of Medical and Health Studies May 21, 2026 Jerick R. Cruzat, Adelyn R. Arban, Rino S. Gelena Jr et al.
Folk healing remains a significant component of health-seeking behavior in many Filipino communities, where spiritual beliefs, cultural traditions, and social relationships shape perception of illness and recovery anchored in Madeleine Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory and Health Belief Model, which explains how beliefs influence health-related decisions, this study explored the lived...