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Table 2 Summary of the study participants

From: Stakeholder perspectives of Community Mental Health Forums: a qualitative study in Sierra Leone

Forum facilitators

No. male

No. female

Total

Mental health nurses

5

5

10

Forum attendees

   

 Traditional healers

8

3

11

 Imams

9

0

9

 Pastors

9

0

9

 Traditional birth attendants (TBA)

0

1

1

 Community chiefs

5

0

5

 Youth leaders

2

3

5

 District councillors

3

0

3

 Community chairladies

0

5

5

 Mammy queensa

0

4

4

Total

41

21

62

  1. aHistorically, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party started the practice of crowning women with the party’s cap and calling them mammy queens due to their political organisation and leadership skills. Now an official title, and although the role has changed somewhat, this practice still continues within communities. Politicians elect mammy queens who take on various roles representing their community and as leaders within their community