Abstract

LEON INSUASTY, Mayra Carola; MENDOZA, Gregoriana  and  INCA RUIZ, Gerardo Patricio. Interpretation of the cultural praxis of motherhood from anthropological nursing. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.2  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 1817-5996.

Interculturality, based on deeply rooted customs and beliefs, largely determines the actions of human beings. From the health point of view, nursing actions respond to the contribution of basic and advanced care aimed at restoring or maintaining the adequate state of health of people. During the maternity period and labor, nursing professionals play a fundamental role not only with the pregnant woman, but also with the newborn, the family, and the social context that surrounds them. The objective of this research was to interpret the cultural praxis of maternity from the point of view of anthropological nursing, based on the opinion of people based on previously defined categories and classified as higher, medium, and infrequent. The categories defined as the most frequent were beliefs and customs, family, labor and health systems. Ordeal and pain, emotions and feelings, and postpartum practices were defined as medium frequency categories. Lastly, pregnancy and religion were defined as infrequent categories. An interpretation of how customs are incorporated into daily praxis is made, establishing itself as a rooted behavior; Therefore, the theories are no longer just theories to become a lived experience, this being the main result of the study and a possible starting point for another research on the subject.

Keywords : culturality; pregnancy; gestation; humanized childbirth; culturally appropriate delivery.

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