The Experience of Pregnant Women in Doing Examination to the Traditional Birth Attendants: A Systematic Literature Review

DOI

10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.046How to use a DOI?

Keywords

pregnant, belief, traditional birth attendants

Abstract

1) Background: In the developing countries there were pregnant women who have examined their pregnancy four times but, there were still not reach the targets, such as Ghana 87.3%, Kenya 57.6% and Indonesia 83.5%. However, considering prenatal care to a traditional birth attendants is not done early detection and basic services occur complications cannot be resolved before death and pregnant women are approved by traditional birth attendants in choosing food, with occult matters can be disrupted. The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of pregnant women and to find out the culture, costs, distance, family support and the attitudes of traditional birth attendants that can be affected to the pregnant women to examine their pregnancy to the traditional birth attendants. 2) Method: There were 9 literature reviews from 328. The articles that have been selected in the 2009-2018. 3) Results: Traditional birth attendants gave the time for pregnant women when they need, doing massage in a prenatal check-up and providing emotional support to the women, give influence to see the traditional birth attendants, low costs, place of the traditional birth attendants were easily accessible for babies and family support, especially husbands, as well as the birth attendants were patients, and women never angry.4) Conclusion: The experience of pregnant women, culture, costs, distance, family support and attitudes of traditional birth attendants that can affect pregnant women in examining traditional birth attendants.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anik Juariyah
AU  - Indriani
AU  - Sulistyaningsih
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/20
TI  - The Experience of Pregnant Women in Doing Examination to the Traditional Birth Attendants: A Systematic Literature Review
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 239
EP  - 244
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.046
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.046
ID  - Juariyah2020
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