Traditional healing practices and beliefs about illness and treatment that exist within cultural communities, often influencing help-seeking behavior and treatment adherence in modern healthcare.
Example: Cultural beliefs about mental illness being caused by spiritual imbalances, leading people to seek traditional healers alongside or instead of conventional psychological treatment.
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