| Health belief dualism in the postnatal practices of rural Swazi women: An ethnographic account. | |
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PMID: 22115992 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: This study explores and describes the values, beliefs, and practices of rural Swazi women regarding childbearing in the postpartum period. METHOD: A retrospective ethnographic research design was used. A snowballing sampling method was used to recruit fifteen participants. Face-to-face unstructured audio-taped interviews and field notes were utilised to gather data. FINDINGS: Results showed that rural Swazi women held a dual health belief system of modern and traditional medicinal use; practiced lengthy periods of postpartum confinement; customarily gave regular enemas and traditional medicines to their babies; undertook the specific cultural practice of taking the baby to enyonini [a tree struck by lightening] to perform specific rituals; used self-prescribed pharmacy medicines; used both traditional and modern contraception; as well as practiced breastfeeding. CONCLUSION: Rural Swazi women observe modern health practices alongside traditional customary practices that are inherent to their health belief and value systems in the postnatal period. These customary beliefs and values underpin their birth practices postpartum. Recommendations include the need to consider including formal knowledge on cultural aspects of childbirth and postpartum care into midwifery education; a review of maternal care practices and policies to incorporate widely practised traditional elements including redressing the use of self-prescribed pharmacy medicines to ensure a higher level of safety. |
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Siphiwe B P Thwala; Eleanor Holroyd; Linda K Jones |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-22 |
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Title: Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives Volume: - ISSN: 1878-1799 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101266131 Medline TA: Women Birth Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Australian College of Midwives. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Midwifery Department, RMIT University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Melbourne, Australia. |
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