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    Child Birth Practices Across Cultures and Their Implications

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    Child birth practices vary widely across cultures but some beliefs and practices are common in sub-Saharan Africa. There are both positive and negative traditions related to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care that can impact maternal and child health outcomes. Healthcare providers must seek to understand local customs to better engage communities and integrate beneficial practices while addressing potentially harmful ones.

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    Child birth practices across cultures and their implications on maternal and child

    health outcomes

    Dr. AN. Hazemba-PhD


    Introduction
    • Health beliefs and practices related to pregnancy and childbirth exist in
    various cultures globally
    • There is diversity among the cultures within sub-Saharan Africa
    surrounding pregnancy and childbirth
    • However, there are striking similarities of beliefs and practices found
    within traditional societies
    Introduction…
    • There are both positive and negative practices and beliefs which are
    similar across all societies
    • These beliefs and practices can pose a threat to maternal, newborn and
    child survival if not well understood and give them a place in public
    health
    • Healthcare practitioners, researchers and policy makers need to be aware
    of these beliefs and practices so as to contextualise them in service
    delivery in the communities
    Beliefs and practices
    • Most traditional childrearing beliefs and practices persist to date in some
    form, although they have been influenced by changes occurring in the
    society as a whole
    • For instance, pregnancy is no longer as sensitive a subject to talk about in
    most societies as before
    • There are different practices common in sub-Saharan Africa which are
    grouped accordingly (pregnancy, delivery and after delivery)
    Some known and documented beliefs and
    practices
    • Fathers are at a distance of child bearing process
    • Food related beliefs and practices
    • Sexual relations during pregnancy
    • Breastfeeding and weaning
    • Initiation of sexual intercourse after delivery
    • Herbal use during pregnancy and child birth
    Beliefs on appropriate food for pregnant women, labour
    and postdelivery; the Zambian perspective

    Although, there are some variations across regions and the districts
    regarding appropriate and inappropriate foods for pregnant women, beliefs
    and taboos around eating eggs and cold foods are known:
     Eating eggs during pregnancy is associated with the baby being born without hair
     Eating cold food is prohibited for pregnant women (Saving Mothers Giving Life
    Project, 2012 and 2016)
     The above beliefs are also documented by: Maimbolwa, M. C., Yamba, B., Diwan,
    V. and Ransjö-Arvidson, A.-B. (2003), Cultural childbirth practices and
    beliefs in Zambia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 43: 263–274.
    doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02709.
    2022-11-11 6
    Birthing
    Birthing
    Practices on neonatal care in Zambia
    • Global policy regarding optimal umbilical cord care to prevent neonatal
    illness is an active discussion among researchers and policy makers
    • A large cluster-randomized control trial to measure the impact of 4%
    chlorhexidine as an umbilical wash versus dry cord care on neonatal
    mortality in Southern Province, a qualitative study was conducted to
    determine local perceptions of cord health and illness and the cultural
    belief system that shapes umbilical cord care knowledge, attitudes, and
    practices.
    Practices on neonatal care in
    Zambia…
    • From the study it was found that umbilical cord care practices and beliefs
    were diverse. Dry cord care, as recommended by the World Health
    Organization at the time of the study, is not widely practiced in Southern
    Province, Zambia
    • A cultural health systems model that depicts all stakeholders is proposed
    as an approach for policy makers and program implementers to work
    synergistically with existing cultural beliefs and practices in order to
    maximize effectiveness of evidence-based interventions.
    Word Cloud of Cord Applications. The size of the font represents the
    frequency at which this term was mentioned in
    FGD and IDI
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079191.g002
    Adaption of Kleinman’s health care system as a cultural system
    framework with illustrative examples of cord
    beliefs in Southern Province, Zambia.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079191.g004
    Implications and conclusion
    • Debate

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