A Case Study on "Tandok" in the Selected Barangays at Sto. Domingo, Albay Research Adviser: ANECIA L. BAILON, RN, MAEd, MAN

Student Researchers:

JAMES NORMAN C. ONG ojamesnorman@yahoo.corn
STEPHANIE F. ANTONIO stefaniefreoantonio@yahoo.corn
RALPH ARROL C. ROLDA twinklejam@yahoo.com
LIXER LUKE P. CHEW poplixer@yahoo.corn

ABSTRACT

Tandok is a folk medicine or indigenous healing practice; it is done by cutting an incision or placing a carabao horn over the bitten part of the body. Tandok is a practice that is believed to have been passed passed from generation to another generation. This study examines the notion of "Tandok" and its impact on the participants. The purpose of this paper is to present some innovative solutions about the treatment "Tandok". Specifically it sought answers to the following sub-problems such as: how is Tandok performed, how do the people viewed Tandok, and how does Tandok affect the health-seeking behavior of the people?

This study adopted a qualitative approach to gather a deep meaning from people's perspectives. This study was anchored on the theories of Leininger's and Rosenstuck's. The participants in this study were the "Paratandok" themselves, the patients and some people present in the barangay. The techniques used in gathering data include key informant interviews, direct observation and journal. Key informants interview were knowledgeable individuals composed of five (5) Paratandok, and five (5) key informants, who became patients themselves and believe in the ritual. The data gathered were approached in terms of coding, categorizing, clustering and thematizing.

Keywords: Tandok, Rabies, Selected Barangays