Assessment of Traditional Practices During Pregnancy, Labour, Delivery and Associated Factorsamong the Reproductive Age Women at Kersa Malima District, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Introduction:Traditional Practices reflect values and beliefs held by members of a community for periods often spanning generations. Every social grouping in the world has specificTraditional Practices and beliefs,some of which are beneficial to all members, while others areharmful to a specific group. Traditional Practices transmitted through tales, rituals, healing
method and customary laws from generation to generation. Traditional Practices are more likelyemploy in developing countries where health facilities and health education are still behind therich of the majority of the people.Although Maternal Mortality Ratio in developing countries isstill 15 times higher than developed countries. This is because Traditional Practices are the maincontributing factors for maternal morbidity and mortality.
Objective:Assessment of Traditional Practices during pregnancy, labour and delivery amongreproductive age group women and to identify factors related with them.
Methods and Materials: The community-based cross-sectional study for the quantitave studyand indepth interview for the qualitative study was carried out fromNovember 2013-June 2014 inKersa Malimma District, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional state.
Result:The major Harmful Traditional Practices during pregnancy were intake of kosso with orwithout tape worm infestation, doing hard work. During labour and delivery the major HarmfulTraditional Practices identified were home delivery, shaking the women until placenta deliver,cutting the umbilical cord with unsterilized razor blade, left the umbilical cord without tying,putting butter, vaseline and hair oil on umbilical stump (a short piece of umbilicus after the restof umbilical cord was cut),giving bath for the newborn immediately after delivery, women takingbath on day 4 or 5 afer delivery and drinking local alcohol while breast feeding. Massaging theabdomen while the women were in labour and drinking “telba” after delivery are TraditionalPracticesidentified but their effect is not well known and labelledas neutral practices. ThoseTraditional Practices that are indicated above have similarity with Traditional Practices describedin indepth interview.Family monthly income is associated with kosso intake, abortion aneducational status of the women is associated with work during pregnancy and abortion isassociated with home delivery practice.
Conclusion:Ingeneral, Harmful Traditional Practices during pregnancy, labour and delivery arehighly prevalent in this study area and the effects of some of the traditional practices are not wellknown. Extensive health education towards the eradication of the identified Harmful TraditionalPractices, further studies on the effects of Traditional Practices for those that are not well knownand similar studies in other areas is therefore recommended.
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Traditional Practices During Pregnancy Labour Delivery