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Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia
Objectives This study examines the influence of women’s birth practices on their daughters’ location of childbirth in Ethiopia, investigating the importance of intergenerational patterns of care on contemporary birth practices. Methods A qualitative survey of women aged 60 and over in three cities i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28181158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2279-y |
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description | Objectives This study examines the influence of women’s birth practices on their daughters’ location of childbirth in Ethiopia, investigating the importance of intergenerational patterns of care on contemporary birth practices. Methods A qualitative survey of women aged 60 and over in three cities in Ethiopia. Results Nearly all first generation women gave birth at home, but the majority of their daughters give birth in facilities. Perceptions of childbirth practices among both women and their daughters have shifted towards facility births, despite the prevalence of home birth in the previous generation. Conclusions Birth culture has experienced a profound shift in Ethiopia within one generation, especially in urban areas, where health facilities are more easily accessible. Older generations of women have positive attitudes towards facility birth, and can help influence their daughters to give birth with medical assistance. This aligns with both national and global maternal health policies which promote safe motherhood through facility birth. |
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spelling | pubmed-54969772017-07-20 Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia Weis, Julianne Matern Child Health J Article Objectives This study examines the influence of women’s birth practices on their daughters’ location of childbirth in Ethiopia, investigating the importance of intergenerational patterns of care on contemporary birth practices. Methods A qualitative survey of women aged 60 and over in three cities in Ethiopia. Results Nearly all first generation women gave birth at home, but the majority of their daughters give birth in facilities. Perceptions of childbirth practices among both women and their daughters have shifted towards facility births, despite the prevalence of home birth in the previous generation. Conclusions Birth culture has experienced a profound shift in Ethiopia within one generation, especially in urban areas, where health facilities are more easily accessible. Older generations of women have positive attitudes towards facility birth, and can help influence their daughters to give birth with medical assistance. This aligns with both national and global maternal health policies which promote safe motherhood through facility birth. Springer US 2017-02-08 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5496977/ /pubmed/28181158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2279-y Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Weis, Julianne Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia |
title | Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia |
title_full | Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia |
title_short | Longitudinal Trends in Childbirth Practices in Ethiopia |
title_sort | longitudinal trends in childbirth practices in ethiopia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28181158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2279-y |
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