The nurse is caring for a Mexican American who is Catholic. The nurse wishes to learn more about the culture by consulting a key informant. Which of the following religious practitioners would be most knowledgeable about the beliefs held by individuals of Mexican ethnicity?

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A curandera is a traditional healer in Mexican culture who uses a combination of Catholicism and indigenous beliefs to provide spiritual and physical healing. As such, a curandera would be most knowledgeable about the religious beliefs and practices of Mexican Americans who are Catholic. Church mothers are influential female members of African American churches, voodoo is a religion practiced in Haiti and parts of Africa, and peyote is a sacrament used in certain Native American religious ceremonies, none of which are directly related to Mexican American Catholicism.

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