Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Int Nurs Rev. 2019 Sep;66(3):329-337. doi: 10.1111/inr.12505. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
This study explored self-management practices in relation to traditional methods for managing illness in newborns and infants and the implications of these practices on infant health.
Self-medication with folk remedies is believed to have short- and long-term impacts on well-being. Little is known about how mothers in Arab societies used their traditional beliefs and practices in self-managing their newborns' and infants' health.
Data were collected from five focus groups using open-ended questions with 37 mothers. Participants were selected using snowball sampling and were recruited from four different cities in Jordan between June 2016 and August 2016.
All identifying information regarding the study participants has been omitted, and this study was approved by the Academic Research Committee at the University of Jordan.
Mothers were more willing to try herbal remedies, traditional massage and certain foods to self-manage their infants' health. Folk remedies were not restricted to traditions handed down through generations, but included a representation of newly emerged trends towards 'safety' or 'nature'.
While the use of folk remedies have been handed down generations as customs, today, virtual support groups and social media provide modern resources for folk remedies' promotion in care and self-management.
Nursing and health policymakers can use our findings for planning and developing strategies and health policies that increase public awareness about adverse health effects associated with herbal remedies. Such strategies are likely to be facilitated through partnerships between nursing and midwifery education institutions, antenatal clinics and social media in the region.
本研究探讨了与新生儿和婴儿疾病传统管理方法相关的自我管理实践，以及这些实践对婴儿健康的影响。
人们认为，民间疗法的自我用药会对健康产生短期和长期影响。但对于阿拉伯社会的母亲们如何在自我管理新生儿和婴儿健康方面运用她们的传统信仰和实践，我们知之甚少。
本研究采用开放式问题，通过滚雪球抽样法从 2016 年 6 月至 8 月在约旦的四个城市选取了 37 名母亲，对她们进行了五次焦点小组访谈。
所有关于研究参与者的身份信息都已被省略，本研究得到了约旦大学学术研究委员会的批准。
母亲们更愿意尝试草药、传统按摩和某些食物来自我管理婴儿的健康。民间疗法不仅限于代代相传的传统，还包括新出现的“安全”或“自然”趋势的代表。
虽然民间疗法的使用已经作为习俗代代相传，但如今，虚拟支持小组和社交媒体为促进护理和自我管理中的民间疗法提供了现代资源。
护理和卫生政策制定者可以利用我们的研究结果来规划和制定战略和卫生政策，以提高公众对与草药相关的不良健康影响的认识。通过护理和助产教育机构、产前诊所和该地区的社交媒体之间的伙伴关系，这类战略很可能会得到促进。
