Knowledge and Perception of Bajo Tribe Women on High-Risk Pregnancy

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.060How to use a DOI?

Keywords

risky pregnancy, Bajo tribe, knowledge, perception

Abstract

Every day more than 830 mothers die from diseases related to pregnancy and childbirth, 99% of maternal mortality rate (MMR) occurs in developing countries and in poor communities. Risk factors for 75% of maternal deaths are caused by severe postpartum bleeding, postpartum infections, high blood pressure during pregnancy (eclampsia), prolonged / obstructed labor which caused by narrow pelvic, or the baby breech location. Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is 305 which is the highest in ASEAN countries (SUPAS 2015). The aim of this research was to obtain indepth information about knowledge and perceptions of Bajo women towards high risk pregnancies, since one factor that often causes late delivery of labor in risky pregnancies is mother’s lack of knowledge in recognizing risky pregnancies. This was a qualitative study with phenomenological approach, 13 Bajo women were interviewed during this research. Results shows that Bajo women did not consider that some characteristics of risky pregnancies as a problem which could be a danger sign of pregnancy and childbirth. They assumed that high blood pressure (eclampsia), mothers with small and short pelvic is a normal condition for pregnancy and labor and so that they could still give birth normally. Their perception is formed based on empirical experience that they see from their daily lives, where in their society there are some women who have risky pregnancy signs but still able to give birth normally without any troubles or experiencing significant health problems until now. Due to this society perception and lack of knowledge related to pregnancy risk factors, most of Bajo women still entrust “shaman” as their helper during pregnancy and childbirth compared to midwives or health workers. The active role of midwives in providing counseling and education to Bajo society is necessary to overcome this problem so that pregnant women could recognize and identify risky pregnancies better.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fatmah Afrianty Gobel
AU  - A. M. Multazam
AU  - Andi Asrina
AU  - Ella Andayanie
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/22
TI  - Knowledge and Perception of Bajo Tribe Women on High-Risk Pregnancy
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 318
EP  - 320
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.060
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.060
ID  - Gobel2020
ER  -