Global Health : Traditional Healers
Directions: Choose a country from those listed and research traditional healer services practiced. Using the questions as a guide, include information in your paper you believe to be important to the discussion of the practice. Your paper should be:
• typed
• 1" margins
• double spaced
• 12 font
• no more than 3 pages
• title centered
• your name in right corner
• separate page for references
• additional pages for pictures, articles, link
Consider the following questions in your discussion:
• What is the traditional healer service you have chosen to describe and where is it practiced?
• Are individuals formally trained and/or licensed/certified to practice?
• How long is the training?
• How does an individual become a practitioner? (i.e. chosen, selected, independently trained, handled down in family)?
• Are there more males or females who practice the service?
• Where is the practice typically conducted (i.e. home of client or practitioner)?
• For what conditions are the practices appropriate?
• How long is a typical treatment (one session or several, short or long term)
• Who is the clientele typically served by the practice?
• How are practitioners paid for their services?
• Are there risks associated with the practice?
• What recourse does the client have if the services are not effective?
• Who introduced/created/developed the practice?
• For how long has the practice been in existence?
• Is there government regulation of the practice?
• Do practitioners collaborate with others?
• Could you use or recommend this practice to someone else? Why or why not?