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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989
"A RANDOM SAMPLE OF APPROXIMATELY 4,000 INDIVIDUALS AGED 18 AND ABOVE WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY TELEPHONE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THE
PRACTICE
OF
"RESPONDENTS WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THEIR USE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND WESTERN MEDICINE, SELF-MEDICATION, THE NATURE OF THE ILLNESS AND AND THE OCCURRENCE OF SIDE-EFFECTS.
MEDICATION INVOLVED
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"SIMILAR DATA FOR CHILDREN WILL BE OBTAINED WITHIN THE SAMPLE.
THROUGH MOTHERS
THE SPOKESMAN SAID RESPONDENTS' VIEWS ON THE CONTROL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND ON THE TRAINING OF PRACTITIONERS WOULD ALSO BE SOUGHT.
INFORMATION ON THE SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE INTERVIEWED WILL BE OBTAINED, HOWEVER, THIS INFORMATION IS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY AND WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, HE SAID.
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"THE INTERVIEW WELL BE CONDUCTED BY TRAINED RESEARCH ASSISTANTS AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
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THE QUESTIONNAIRE USED IN THE SURVEY WAS REVIEWED BY THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINESE MEDICINE AT ITS MEETING LAST WEEK. MEMBERS NOTED THAT IN A PILOT SURVEY CONDUCTED EARLIER
ON,
RESPONDENTS WERE GENERALLY CO-OPERATIVE AND THEY EXPRESSED A KEEN INTEREST ON THE SUBJECT.
OTHER PARTS OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME INCLUDE A SERIES OF PERSONAL INTERVIEWS OF PRACTITIONERS OF CHINESE MEDICINE AND A STUDY ON THE TRAINING, REGISTRATION AND CONTROL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS IN CHINA. TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TO ASSIST THE WORKING PARTY'S DELIBERATIONS. OUR AIM IS TO PROMOTE THE GOOD PRACTICE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IN HONG KONG.
17 IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR WORK HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. WE THEREFORE REQUEST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE INTERVIEWS TO CO-OPERATE FULLY WITH THE RESEARCH TEAM.'
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO OBTAIN FURTHER DETAILS OF THE SURVEY MAY CONTACT PROFESSON STUART DONNAN ON DR WONG TZE-WAI + MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH TEAN FROM THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. ON TEL. 0-6973211 EXT. 217.
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