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Table 2 A Coding framework for the findings relating to the study of THPs roles
| Category | Description | Content codes | Examples from transcripts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typology | Type of healing practitioner | ISangoma_associated to ancestral spirits, is a diviner | 1.“……All the ones I have mentioned are all Sangomas. There are many of them, I have just mentioned a few of them” (Male, Interview 3) |
| INyanga _acquires knowledge of healing using plants, herbs and animal parts, is a herbalist | |||
| 2. “…..there is someone that I know who is a Sangoma, and we are coming from the same family. She also works both as Umthandazi and Inyanga like me” (Female, FGD1, Traditional healer) | |||
| UMthandazi _associated to religion & ancestral spirits, is a spiritualist/faith healer | |||
| Calling Initiation Training | Process or journey of being appointed to become a traditional healer which includes training & completion (graduation). The process is characterised by performing different activities and rituals | Spiritual | 1.“This Spirit just comes to you unexpectedly. It comes as a messenger, the Holy Spirit just comes down to you and you will not have an idea of what happened to you” (Female, FGD1, Traditional healer) |
| Ancestral | |||
| Personal Choice | |||
| Refusal/Consequences | |||
| Training Institution | |||
| Apprenticeship | |||
| Rituals | |||
| Graduation | |||
| Healing Practice | Process that a healer & patient go through to identify, explain, discuss & negotiate appropriate treatment with patient. | Causation | 1.“ The patient told me that umndawe [spirit] is high and he needs to start doing amagobongo [traditional ritual]. He was giving me an instruction as a healer! I am the one who is supposed to know what is wrong with him, and what help he needs, I am not supposed to take instructions from him. (Female, FGD 3, Traditional healers) |
| Source | |||
| Co-production | |||
| Assigning | |||
| Prescribing | |||
| Preparing |
