Grewal Sukhdev K, Bhagat Radhika, Balneaves Lynda G
Nursing Program, Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2008 May-Jun;37(3):290-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00234.x.
To describe new immigrant Punjabi women's perinatal experiences and the ways that traditional beliefs and practices are legitimized and incorporated into the Canadian health care context.
Naturalistic qualitative descriptive.
PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: Fifteen first-time mothers who had immigrated in the past 5 years to Canada from Punjab, India, and had given birth to a healthy infant in the past 3 months in a large urban center in British Columbia, Canada. Five health professionals and community leaders also took part in a focus group to confirm the study findings and to offer recommendations.
Three major categories emerged: the pervasiveness of traditional health beliefs and practices related to the perinatal period (e.g., diet, lifestyle, and rituals), the important role of family members in supporting women during the perinatal experiences, and the positive and negative interactions women had with health professionals in the Canadian health care system.
Change is required at the levels of the health professional, the heath care system, and the community to ensure that culturally safe care is provided to immigrant Punjabi women and their families during the perinatal period, which is an important and sensitive period of interaction with the Canadian health care system.
描述新移民旁遮普族女性的围产期经历，以及传统信仰和习俗在加拿大医疗环境中被合法化并融入其中的方式。
自然主义质性描述研究。
参与者/研究背景：15名首次生育的母亲，她们在过去5年从印度旁遮普邦移民到加拿大，并在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的一个大型城市中心于过去3个月内产下一名健康婴儿。5名医疗专业人员和社区领袖也参与了焦点小组，以确认研究结果并提供建议。
出现了三大类情况：与围产期相关的传统健康信仰和习俗（如饮食、生活方式和仪式）的普遍性；家庭成员在女性围产期经历中给予支持的重要作用；女性在加拿大医疗系统中与医疗专业人员的积极和消极互动。
医疗专业人员、医疗保健系统和社区层面都需要做出改变，以确保在围产期这一与加拿大医疗系统互动的重要且敏感时期，为移民旁遮普族女性及其家庭提供具有文化安全性的护理。
