Forming a joint dialogue among faith healers, traditional healers and formal health workers in mental health in a Kenyan setting: towards common grounds

Table 2 Outline of practitioners’ FGDs

Phase	Type of practitioner	Number of FGD/Discussions	Aim
Phase one	Traditional healers	Two	To discuss practitioners’ perceptions on mental illness, causes and management
	Faith healers	Two
	Clinicians	Two
Phase two	Traditional healers and clinicians	One	To reduce mistrust, enhance respect and address any barriers inherent during referrals between the formal and the informal sectors
Phase two	Faith healers and clinicians	One
Evaluation of dialogue formation phase	Traditional healers, faith healers and clinicians	Evaluation of dialogue formation discussions	To evaluate the process of dialogue formation

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