Traditional practices on neonatal and puerperal care in Türkiye

Yıl 2024, , 49 - 56, 30.04.2024

Gülşah Koçak , K. Büşra Kaynak Ekici , Zeynep Kurtulmuş

https://doi.org/10.61534/anatoljhr.1447717

Öz

Aim: Understanding traditional care practices can provide in-depth knowledge and perspective within the scope of education and health services to be offered to the newborn and puerperal mother for welfare. This study investigated traditional practices and beliefs about the newborn and puerperal period.
Methods: Culture analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this study. The study group consisted of 35 women from six regions of Türkiye determined by an appropriate sampling method. The data was collected through a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers. The questions were directed to the participants face-to-face.
Results: This study, in which women in six different regions of Türkiye determined behavior patterns, perceptions and beliefs, and the similarities and differences of the practices and beliefs of women about newborn and puerperal. The findings showed some crucial areas in the similarities of traditional practices in neonatal and puerperal care in Türkiye.
Conclusion: Findings reflected the cultural richness and diversity of traditions. The research supported the view that traditional care practices in Türkiye continued to exist and were still significant in the neonatal and puerperal periods.

Anahtar Kelimeler

newborn, postnatal care, postpartum period, Türkiye

Türkiye’de yenidoğan bakımı ve lohusalık konusundaki geleneksel uygulamalar

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Amaç: Yenidoğan ve lohusa annenin esenliği ve iyilik hali için geleneksel bakım uygulamalarını anlamak verilecek eğitim ve sağlık hizmetleri kapsamında oldukça önemlidir. Verilecek olan hizmetler bağlamda geleneksel bakım uygulamaları kültürel anlamda farklılıkları ortaya koymakta konu hakkında bakış açısı kazanmanın yanı sıra derinlemesne bilgi edinilmesini sağlamaktadır. Bu noktada bu araştırmada Türkiye’deki yenidoğan ve lohusalık dönemine ilişkin geleneksel uygulamalar ve inanışların incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden biri olan kültürel analiz kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, Türkiye'nin altı bölgesinden uygun örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 35 kadından oluşmaktadır. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu aracılığıyla toplanmış olup; formda yer alan sorular katılımcılara yüz yüze yöneltilmiştir.
Bulgular: Araştırmada Türkiye'nin altı farklı bölgesindeki kadınların yenidoğan bakımı ve lohusalıkla ilgili davranış kalıpları, algıları ve inançları belirlenmiş; ilgili uygulama ve inançlarının benzerlik ve farklılıkları ortaya konmuştur. Bulgular, Türkiye'de yenidoğan ve lohusalık bakımındaki geleneksel uygulamaların benzerliklerinde bazı önemli alanları göstermiştir.
Sonuçlar: Elde edilen bulgular geleneklerin kültürel zenginliğini ve çeşitliliğini de yansıtmıştır. Çalışma, Türkiye'de yenidoğan ve lohusalık dönemindeki geleneksel bakım uygulamalarının varlığını sürdürdüğü ve hala önemli olduğu görüşünü desteklemiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

doğum sonrası bakım, postpartum dönem, Türkiye, yenidoğan

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