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?