ABSTRACT
The present study has been planned to identify healthy and unhealthy delivery practices in rural U.P. specially with reference to five cleans recommended under national C.S.S.M. programme. A total 120 women who had delivered in recent past were interviewed. Only in 3.1 percent deliveries, proper washing of floor was done, in 43 percent deliveries the cord cutting instrument was not sterilized and in about 65 percent deliveries mustard oil and ghee was used as first cord applicant.
Subject(s)
Female , Focus Groups , Home Childbirth/standards , Humans , Hygiene , India , Infant Mortality , Infant, Newborn , Infection Control , Male , Midwifery/education , Pregnancy , Risk Factors , Rural Population , Umbilical Cord/surgeryABSTRACT
El ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua, con el afán de evaluar la calidad de la atención que prestan las parteras tradicionales, decidió realizar el presente diagnóstico en tres Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, SILAIS (Masaya, Carazo y Rivas); lo que permitirá elaborar estrategias locales para mejorar y fortalecer el trabajo de la partera tradicional y unificar criterios a nivel territorial en cuanto a contenido, metodología y modalidades de capacitación y coordinación , a fin de garantizar una mejor atención integral a la mujer y a la niñez.