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Childbearing and the training of traditional birth attendants in rural Haiti
Medical anthropology quarterly • 17 (2) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 40-43
By: Allman, Suzanne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article focuses on childbearing practices and the training of traditional birth attendants through a donor-funded program in rural Haiti. It shows that in 1983 about 70% of women in Haiti deliver at home in an environment characterized by poor sanitation and high levels of infection and disease. Traditional birth attendants help most of these mothers using age old cultural practices. The article shows the importance of supporting traditional birth attendants through some low cost training programs for significantly improving the health of mothers and children.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Childbirth
- Postnatal care
- Infant care
- Pregnancy
- Medical care
- Medical personnel
- Research and development
- Cultural identity and pride
- Preventive medicine
- Public health and sanitation
- Birth statistics
- Hospitals and clinics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haitians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Haiti
- NotesAdditional notes
- Suzanne Allman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 43)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643999
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haitians