Kim-Godwin Yeoun Soo
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, wilmington NC 28409, USA.
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2003 Mar-Apr;28(2):74-8; quiz 79-80. doi: 10.1097/00005721-200303000-00006.
Postpartum health beliefs and practices among non-Western cultures are each distinct, but have many similarities. Two common belief systems surround 1) the importance of hot and cold, and 2) the necessity of confinement during a specific period of time after giving birth. This article describes common postpartum health beliefs among women in Guatemala, China, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, India, and Mexico, and offers an exemplar from the author's experiences as a Korean woman giving birth in the United States. Cultural competence in the provision of postpartum care is essential for nurses in the healthcare world of the 21st century.
非西方文化中的产后健康观念和做法各有不同，但也有许多相似之处。两种常见的信仰体系围绕着：1）冷热的重要性，以及2）产后特定时间段内坐月子的必要性。本文描述了危地马拉、中国、约旦、黎巴嫩、埃及、巴勒斯坦、印度和墨西哥女性中常见的产后健康观念，并以作者作为一名在美国分娩的韩国女性的经历为例。在21世纪的医疗保健领域，护士具备提供产后护理的文化能力至关重要。
