Child Welfare. 1991 Mar-Apr; 70(2): 157-67.

Folk-healing among Mexican-American families as a consideration in the delivery of child welfare and child health care services.

Krajewski-Jaime ER.

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti.

If practitioners in cross-cultural services do not understand traditional health beliefs and practices and find ways to incorporate a compatible approach to them in their work, their clients and patients will go their own ways, sometimes with dire results. Practices among Mexican-American families are described.