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Table 3 Where students learn about herbal productsc

From: Ethnic differences in medicinal plant use among University students: a cross-sectional survey of self-reported medicinal plant use at two Midwest Universities

Q4. Where learned to use

Total

HINU

KU

p-value

Total Number Cases

171

56

115

 

Family member

64.3 %

60.7 %

66.1 %

.491

Elder or Healer

19.3 %

44.6 %

7.0 %

.000**

Coach/Athletic Trainer

11.7 %

7.1 %

13.9 %

.196

Alternative HP

5.3 %

3.6 %

6.1 %

.489

Conventional HP

11.7 %

3.6 %

15.7 %

.021*

Friend

43.9 %

37.5 %

47.0 %

.242

Electronic media

19.9 %

8.9 %

25.2 %

.012*

Print media

18.1 %

21.4 %

16.5 %

.434

Advertising

12.3 %

5.4 %

15.7 %

.054

  1. c Percentage of past year student users who utilized each information source. Students could select more than one answer