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RMJ. 2024; 49(4): 904-909


Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care

Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan,6 Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy.


Abstract
Objectives: To determine postpartum primipara mothers' traditional practices & beliefs concerning maternal & newborn care at primary health care centers.
Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed at primary health care centers in Port Said City, Egypt from January to August 2023. A purposive sample of 178 primipara mothers who came to primary health care centers were included. We reccorded demographic, questions about primipara mothers related to their obstetric history, maternal & neonatal care.
Results: A statistically significant difference was detected between participant mother newborn beliefs & practices. The majority (88.8%) of them ate foods rich in protein & prayed to God. However; 78.6% baby care beliefs & practices was to wrap a baby tightly to strengthen the body. While 95.5%, 91%, & 90.9% did not rub the body with herbs or oil to get the air out of the womb, did not avoid breastfeeding the baby & did not add herbs to water to promote wound healing, respectively. The majority (83.1%) had a high level of practices about increasing breast milk supply.
Conclusions: Majority of primipara mothers ate foods rich in protein & prayed to God. More than three quarters of them used baby care beliefs & practices to wrap a baby tightly to strengthen the body.

Key words: Postpartum, culture, maternal health services, newborn.


 
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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . RMJ. 2024; 49(4): 904-909.

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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . https://www.rmj.org.pk/?mno=228555 [Access: November 16, 2024].

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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . RMJ. 2024; 49(4): 904-909.


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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . RMJ. (2024), [cited November 16, 2024]; 49(4): 904-909.


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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy (2024) Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . RMJ, 49 (4), 904-909.


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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. 2024. Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . Rawal Medical Journal, 49 (4), 904-909.


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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. "Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care ." Rawal Medical Journal 49 (2024), 904-909.


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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy. "Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care ." Rawal Medical Journal 49.4 (2024), 904-909. Print.


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Amany Ali Abd El-Salam, Abeer M. El-Maghawry, Seham Ibrahim Abdelrhman, Samia Farouk Mahmoud, Rasha S Elbahrawe, Maha Ramadan, Mohamed Gamal Elsehrawy (2024) Traditional practices and beliefs of postpartum primipara mothers concerning maternal and newborn care . Rawal Medical Journal, 49 (4), 904-909.


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