Abstract：
:Approximately 60% of births in the Mseleni area of South Africa's Kwa Zulu province were home deliveries in 1984. Home deliveries in the area are generally attended by members of the pregnant woman's family. If difficulties are encountered during labor, the family will call upon a midwife, or Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) for assistance. 14 TBAs from the Mseleni area were interviewed in 1984, about their technics and beliefs with regard to childbirth, and how they had acquired them. Most of the women reported that they had learned their technics from their mothers, who had also been TBAs. But TBAs from Mseleni District, where the local hospital was situated, had apparently learned from women working at the hospital that eggs and milk were valuable foods for their patients. The traditional beliefs and practices that the TBAs reported varied depending on the particular district they were from. Judged by the standards of modern medicine, some of these traditional practices appeared to be useful, while others seemed counterproductive. All of the interviewers expressed a willingness to participate in a training program at the hospital. It is recommended that such a program be conducted.
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Trop Doctjournal_title
Tropical doctorauthors
Jepson AP,MacDonald LDdoi
10.1177/004947558801800413subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-10-01 00:00:00pages
177-9issue
4eissn
0049-4755issn
1758-1133journal_volume
18pub_type
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