000002317 001__ 2317 000002317 005__ 20250424232724.0 000002317 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M4639N00 000002317 037__ $$aETD 000002317 245__ $$aAn online study to compare treatment advice between websites created in America and Mesoamerican countries: has ethnomedicine reached the web? 000002317 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University 000002317 269__ $$a2004 000002317 336__ $$aCapstone 000002317 502__ $$bM.B.I. 000002317 502__ $$gBiomedical Informatics 000002317 520__ $$aEthnomedicine is the socially and culturally influenced practice of medicine or healing. Its name describes exactly what it is, ethnicity based medical practices. Ethnomedicine is used the world over to treat many illnesses and conditions. This study researched asthma treatment information. On the Internet for two purposes, 1) to determine if Mesoamerican websites gave different treatment advice than American websites, and 2) to determine if ethnomedical advice for the treatment of asthma has infiltrated the Web. 000002317 540__ $$fCC BY 000002317 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner 000002317 650__ $$aMedical Informatics$$021938 000002317 650__ $$aInternet$$032394 000002317 650__ $$aTraditional Medicine Practitioners$$014092 000002317 650__ $$aAsthma$$015168 000002317 650__ $$aMedicine, Traditional$$021967 000002317 651__ $$aCentral America$$040936 000002317 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369 000002317 692__ $$aDepartment of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology$$041422 000002317 7001_ $$aGraves, Alicia$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354 000002317 7201_ $$aJimison, Holly$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354$$7Personal$$eAdvisor 000002317 8564_ $$920cf5ded-f0eb-4fbc-a155-74bcd7c7b865$$s4808498$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/2317/files/3048_etd.pdf$$ePublic$$2b61d27dab71f9995e9f4855465763468$$31 000002317 905__ $$a/rest/prod/xs/55/mc/27/xs55mc27h 000002317 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:2317$$pstudent-work 000002317 980__ $$aBiomedical Informatics