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Community health and traditional healers in Sierra Leone
Community-based groups can also shape health-seeking behavior. Mother-to-Mother Support Groups (pictured) are designed to promote good infant and young child feeding practices and maternal health.
While there are sometimes problems with the way they are run—for example, our previous research found that the groups sometimes exist in isolation from other health care providers—they are considered important mechanisms for communicating health information.
Community health and traditional healers in Sierra Leone
Community-based groups can also shape health-seeking behavior. Mother-to-Mother Support Groups (pictured) are designed to promote good infant and young child feeding practices and maternal health.
While there are sometimes problems with the way they are run—for example, our previous research found that the groups sometimes exist in isolation from other health care providers—they are considered important mechanisms for communicating health information.