TY - JOUR T1 - Regarding “A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Test Sharing Histories as a Training Method for Community Health Workers in Peru” JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - 422 LP - 424 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00178 VL - 9 IS - 2 AU - Daniel C. Taylor Y1 - 2021/06/30 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/9/2/422.abstract N2 - See related article by Altobelli et al.The article by Altobelli et al.1 has implications beyond the important study they describe. The authors have done a superb job of explaining their research and providing robust statistical evidence to support it. There is no need to review here their well-written description, given the breakthrough import of their research. Instead, I want to point out the implications of this article in terms of how the language of mothers offers now-not-utilized potential in health systems delivery. Language is not normally considered fundamental to health delivery, but I suggest here that this cluster-randomized trial shows that language is foundational.The need for effective language is starkly shown in how health workers often speak of mothers as being “misinformed” or even “illiterate.” In contrast, mothers say, “my doctor doesn't get it.” This bidirectional misunderstanding doesn't answer either's needs. If clients and their health providers cannot understand each other, how can they work together? But Altobelli et al.1 show that if health care workers use understandable language, they can more effectively partner with (and not just “target”) humanity's number one health care provider: mothers. Health systems can be rooted in the health's place of grounding: homes.This implies that health providers and health facilities are everywhere. Health delivery's long-pursued quest for the “last mile-to-the-home” would be finally attained. Informed health delivery can potentially start everywhere and be informed by dialogue with the health system.Altobelli et al.1 suggest that a language exists in mothers' narratives of their reproductive life experiences. Since the dawn of speech, mothers have talked about health. As mothers' language continually validates itself as their children survive, … ER -