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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Allman, Suzanne
Title:
Childbearing and the training of traditional birth attendants
in rural Haiti
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Medical anthropology quarterly -- Vol. 17, no. 2
Published By: Original publisher
Medical anthropology quarterly -- Vol. 17, no. 2
Washington, D.C.: Society for Medical Anthropology. 1986.
40-43 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Suzanne Allman
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2012. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Haitians (SV03)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Childbirth (844);
Postnatal care (846);
Infant care (854);
Pregnancy (843);
Medical care (758);
Medical personnel (759);
Research and development (654);
Cultural identity and pride (186);
Preventive medicine (751);
Public health and sanitation (744);
Birth statistics (163);
Hospitals and clinics (743);
Abstract: Brief 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.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
7
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
sv03-007
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 43)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1980-1982
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Anthropologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1980-1986
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Haiti
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Haitians
