Gaziantep University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Şahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Kjeller, Oslo-Norway.
Appl Nurs Res. 2018 Feb;39:148-153. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2017.11.018. Epub 2017 Nov 7.
Researchers used descriptive study design to examine the traditional practices of women in relation to maternal and newborn care in the postpartum period.
523 postpartum women included who were between 15 and 49years of age, had at least one child, and had no medical complications that affect the mother-infant health. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Comparisons were made between the responses about the women's knowledge of traditional practices and other variables.
We found that women widely used traditional practices such as putting Koran (Holy book for Muslims) and packing needle under the mother's pillow to prevent mother from "al basması", pouring lead in a cup over the head of the newborn to repel evil spirits, and covering the baby's face with a piece of yellow cloth to prevent neonatal jaundice. The rate of using postpartum traditional practices increased with age and number of pregnancies and decreased with education (p<0.05).
Educational activities are recommended to increase awareness of harmful traditional practices in the field of reproductive health for nurses and midwives. Health professionals should pay special attention to less educated, older and primiparous women from rural areas enable them to reinforce positive cultural practices, and discourage them from using harmful ones by providing non-critical scientific explanations.
研究人员采用描述性研究设计，考察了妇女在产后期间与母婴护理相关的传统做法。
共纳入 523 名年龄在 15 至 49 岁之间、至少育有一名子女且无影响母婴健康的医学并发症的产后妇女。使用问卷收集数据。对妇女对传统做法的了解程度与其他变量的回答进行了比较。
我们发现，妇女广泛采用了传统做法，例如将《古兰经》（穆斯林的圣书）和针包放在母亲的枕头下，以防止母亲“al basması”；将铅倒入杯子中倒在新生儿头上以驱邪；用一块黄布盖住婴儿的脸以预防新生儿黄疸。使用产后传统做法的比例随着年龄和怀孕次数的增加而增加，随着教育程度的提高而降低（p<0.05）。
建议开展教育活动，提高护士和助产士在生殖健康领域对有害传统做法的认识。卫生专业人员应特别关注来自农村地区的受教育程度较低、年龄较大和初产妇的妇女，使她们能够加强积极的文化做法，并通过提供非批判性的科学解释来劝阻她们使用有害做法。
