Research Article
Tawali Shah, Yao Dan, Syed Nasir Ali Shah, Zhu Zhongliang and Li Hui1
Correspondence Address :
Prof. Hui Li MD, PhD
Department of Neonatology,
First Affiliated Hospital
of Xian Jiaotong University,
School of Medicine, 277
Yanta West Road, Xi’an-Shaanxi 710061,
People’s
Republic of China
Received on: August 29, 2021, Accepted on: September 4, 2021, Published on: September 15, 2021
Citation: Tawali Shah, Yao Dan, Syed Nasir Ali Shah, Zhu Zhongliang, Li Hui (2021). Traditional beliefs and Practices in Newborn Care among Mothers in Shaanxi Province, China
Copyright: Copyright: © 2021 Tawali Shah, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Background: Sometimes mothers lack sufficient knowledge about newborn care and apply traditional practices that may harm their children’s health and development. Cultural factors are deeply involved in health and sickness.
Objective: The study design to assess traditional newborn care practices among mothers,
Methods: The qualitative descriptive study was conducted in Xian Jiaotong Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Xian-Shaanxi, China. Data was collected by face to face with a questionnaire prepared by the researchers in view of the relevant traditional practices. The study sample included Chinese traditions practicing mothers with babies after birth.
Results: Traditional Shaanxi-Chinese mothers had traditional newborn care practices. The data collected from 256 samples were analyzed using descriptive statistics. (191) 74.6% of mothers giving drinking water to the baby after birth (177) 69.1% of mothers do not have taking bath their babies. (162) 63.3% of mothers not expose their babies to sunlight (167) 65.2% mothers overdress their babies. (148) 57.8% mothers apply belt to baby’s umbilicus. (102) 39.8% of mothers apply breast milk on babies face. (105) 41.0 mothers giving hot formula milk their babies. (102) 39.8% of mothers giving sugar water to their babies (159) 62.1% of mothers give body massage their babies. (137) 53.5% of mothers restricted dental hygiene. (227) 88.7% of mothers resting at home.
Conclusions: Most of these traditional beliefs and practices about newborn care among mothers were observed in this study which needs to be educating the mothers and minimize the unhealthy traditional practices.
Keywords: Traditional beliefs and practices, Newborn Care, Mothers
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