Knowledge Level and Opinions of Secondary School Students About Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Objective: The place of traditional and complementary medicine (TC of the approaches in T&CM, the highest level of awareness was about 'hypnosis' (67.7%). It was found out that information about T&CM approaches was mostly acquired from the media (32.0%). Of the student opinions about T&CM, 40.7% were positive. The percentage of students thinking that classical medicine and T&CM can be integrated and complement each other was 32.5% (n=149). Most of the students with a family member utilizing T&CM were wishing to work in the health sector in the future (32.1%) (p=0.02) and aiming to have a T&CM-related job more than other participants (32.7%) (p=0.001). Conclusion: The level of awareness about T&CM was found to be low among secondary school students. If health literacy education in schools is organized better, awareness of T&CM may grow.