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Revista Cubana de Enfermería

Print version ISSN 0864-0319On-line version ISSN 1561-2961

Abstract

LAZA VASQUEZ, Celmira  and  PUERTO LOZANO, Marcela Ivonne. Generic care to restore balance in the postpartum period. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.1, pp.88-97. ISSN 0864-0319.

The puerperium is a period that must not be considered exclusively biological and from the vision of unprofessional or «Emica» involve a journey full of risks for women and their newborn. The loss of contact of the health system and professionals during this stage, it takes an outstanding the care provided in home and as a matter of women in a magical world of practices, beliefs and taboos about defining actions that are developed from the knowledge of self, home and other traditions. All these actions make up the generic health care during the postpartum period may be considered universal in some aspects, and so far, taking into account different socio-cultural context where it originates and develops. Getting closer to this magical world is an occasion for dialogue, still pending, between «emic» and «ethic» to improve the quality of life of the postpartum and newborn rural populations in poverty and vulnerability conditions where a significant number of victims of perinatal maternal mortality. This review article aims to analyze the professional or generic care performed in the home environment during the postpartum period in different cultural contexts, from the exploration of scientific production in the field.

Keywords : Postpartum period; culture; generic care; practices; beliefs; nursing.

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