Dr. Huong and Dr. Huyen at the workshop with local authorities and village health workers giving feedbacks about the project\u2019s findings<\/em><\/p>\n18 parents from both the Kinh group and the Mong ethnic minority group participated in this study. The study is a part of the parent project \u201cEssential care for pregnant women and infants\u201d approved by ChildFund Vietnam in December 2017 (Project code: VN02-011) and Cao Bang provincial People\u2019s Committee (Decision no 433\/Q\u0110-UBND).<\/p>\n
The study reveals that parents were aware of the importance of giving birth at a healthcare center or at least having support from health workers. Parents were able to name hemorrhage and infection as being the two most common risks of homebirth. Mothers recognized the importance of postpartum care for babies.<\/p>\n
Parents were ready to seek health care services, and stated that they believed in scientific knowledge. A father shared that he was willing to take his wife to the hospital for delivery, regardless of money or the long travel time and even in opposition to the advice of his own mother. Dr. Huong stated, \u201cWe can explain the positive, open-to-change attitudes towards maternal care by recent economic growth in the area and the exposure to new information about modern health care in these communities\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, despite this awareness and positive attitude, the study reveals that most people in these communities continued to practice rituals, herbal traditional treatments and approaches, rather than the modern health care practices. A mother shared the story of her sister-in-law:\u00a0\u201cShe delivered at home with her mother\u2019s support, but she almost fainted due to a big amount of blood loss; luckily her family members let her drink back her blood to recover\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vinuni.edu.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2-IMG_2222-edited-e1629693040732.jpg\")
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A demonstration session \u2013 Village worker providing health education about maternal care to expected mothers and fathers<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cTraditional beliefs have heavily influenced the health behaviors of ethnic minority people over a long period. It is not easy to change beliefs and adopt new practices.\u201d, said Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoa Huyen.<\/p>\n
In addition to beliefs, financial difficulties and geographical barriers were obstacles to access to health stations that tended to be far away from home. A participant told a heartbreaking story,\u00a0\u201ca couple of Mong people went to the hospital to wait for delivery, they took with them only maize powder as food for few days, but their food ran out before the mother delivered the baby\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0With such challenges to easy access to health care, it is not surprising that people prefer the safety and comfort of staying within their community during difficult times.<\/p>\nThe study utilized the Theory of Planned Behavior to assess the factors required for a behavior change among this population. It highlights that while the recent interventions have helped to spread awareness about modern health care in these remote communities, it will take a lot more financial and infrastructural support and sustained awareness efforts over a period of time, before we will see a substantial change in the actual behaviors and choices that people make for maternal and newborn health care.<\/p>\n
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By Nguyen Thi Kieu Oanh<\/p>\n
\nKnowledge, attitude and practice of parents on maternal care in a mountainous district of Vietnam: A qualitative study<\/em>\u00a0was published in Midwifery 102 (2021) 103091, July 05, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Care for pregnant women and newborn children is important. In an underdeveloped region like Cao Bang, home for many ethnic minority groups, both governmental and non-governmental organizations have provided substantial support for maternal care, but the effect of the interventions on the health and welfare of the newborn babies, pregnant women and new mothers had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[38],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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