title: Indigenous healers and stuttering.
abstract: Traditional beliefs and attitudes of Black South Africans to stuttering were investigated. Four Indigenous Healers (IHs) from different ethnic groups were interviewed about their beliefs as to cause and management of stuttering, as well as the outcome of their treatment. The data reveals varying degrees of concern about stuttering. The traditional beliefs of cause and management of stuttering show some similarities to current beliefs held by speech pathologists. Implications in terms of direction in therapy, cooperation with IHs and future research in this field are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Platzky
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Girson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D013019:South Africa; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*