Aile Sağlığı Merkezine Başvuran Kadınların Bebek Bakımına İlişkin Kültürel ve Fonksiyonel Olmayan Uygulamaları

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 117 - 130, 31.12.2023

Nuray Öztürk Gülendam Karadağ

Abstract

Amaç: Bazı kültürel uygulamalar yenidoğan ve bebeklerin sağlığını etkilemeye devam etmektedir. Bu nedenle kültürel uygulamalar üzerinde durulması gereken önemli bir konudur. Aile sağlığı merkezleri, ailelerin sıklıkla başvurduğu kurumlar arasında yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmada birinci basamağa başvuran annelerin uyguladıkları kültürel uygulamaların belirlenmesi ve bunları etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Veriler, Kültürel Bebek Bakımı Uygulamaları Anketi ve İşlevsel Olmayan İnançlar ve Uygulamalar Tutum Ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır.
Çalışma verileri, Türkiye'nin batısında bir ilde Sağlık Müdürlüğüne bağlı beş farklı Aile Sağlığı Merkezinde (ASM) toplanmıştır. Katılımcılar 18-49 yaş arası en az bir çocuğu olan kadınlardan oluşmaktadır (n= 208). Bulgular: Kısıtlayıcı kundaklama, yenidoğanın vücudunu tuzla ovma ve yenidoğanlarda bitkisel yağların kullanılması zararlı olma potansiyeline sahip uygulamalardır. Eğitim düzeyi ve yaşı, annelerin kültürel uygulamalara başvurmasını etkilemektedir. Kültürel uygulamalara başvuran annelerin bebek bakımı konusunda uygunsuz bilgi ve inançlara sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Birinci basamakta çalışan hemşireler, halen güncel bir sorun olan kültürel uygulamaların bebek sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerinin farkında olmalı ve genç yaşta veya eğitim düzeyi düşük anneleri bebek bakımı konusunda bilgilendirmelidir.

Keywords

Geleneksel ve Kültürel Uygulamalar;, Fonksiyonel Olmayan Uygulamalar, Bebek Bakımı, Hemşirelik

Cultural and Nonfunctional Infant Care Practices of Women Visiting Family Health Centers

Abstract

Aim: Some cultural practices continue to affect the health of newborns and infants. Therefore, cultural practices are an important issue that should be emphasized. Family health centers are among the institutions that families frequently apply to. In this study, it was aimed to determine the cultural practices applied by mothers who applied to primary care and to determine the factors affecting them. Material and Methods: This is a descriptive study. Data were collected via a Cultural Infant Care Practices Questionnaire, and the Nonfunctional Beliefs and Implementations Attitude Scale. Study data were collected in five different Family Health Centers (FHCs) affiliated with the Health Directorate in a province in the west of Turkey. Participants were women aged 18-49 with at least one child (n= 208). Results: Potentially harmful practices include restrictive swaddling, rubbing a newborn's body with salt, and using vegetable oils on newborns. Education level and age affect mothers' recourse to cultural practice. It has been determined that mothers who apply to cultural practices have inappropriate knowledge and beliefs in infant care. Conclusion: Nurses working in primary health care should be aware of the effects of cultural practices, which is still a current problem, on infant health and should inform mothers who are mothers at a young age or low educational level about infant care.

Keywords

Traditional and Cultural Practices, Non-Functional Practices, Baby Care, Nursing

Ethical Statement

Ethical Aspects of the Study At the outset, the approval of the Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee was obtained (date: October 26, 2020; issue: 2020/26-52). Written institutional permission of the Provincial Health Directorate in the province where the study was conducted was obtained. Women who volunteered to participate in the study submitted written consent by filling out the Informed Voluntary Consent Form, which included information about the purpose of the study. Permission of the researcher who developed the scale used in the study was obtained via e-mail. The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki were taken into account in the study.

Supporting Institution

Funding Sources No financial support was obtained from any institution or organization for the study.

Thanks

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the all participants.

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