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Representations sociales des fentes labio-palatines au Mali : Social representations of lip and palate clefts in Malian people
Lâobjectif de ce travail Ă©tait dâĂ©tudier les reprĂ©sentations sociales des fentes labio-alvĂ©olo-palatines au Mali.Il sâagissait dâune Ă©tude transversale descriptive menĂ©e de Mars 2020 Ă fĂ©vrier 2021 dans 3 hĂŽpitaux du Mali et a concernĂ© 60 enfants porteurs de fentes labio-palatines et leurs mĂšres.LâĂąge moyen des patients Ă©tait de 7 ans 8 mois +/- 5,85. Le sexe masculin a reprĂ©sentĂ© 68% des cas avec un sex-ratio de 2,15. La fente labio-alvĂ©olo-narinaire unilatĂ©rale a Ă©tĂ© la plus rencontrĂ©e avec 55% des cas. Les rĂ©ponses donnĂ©es par les enquĂȘtĂ©es quant Ă la cause de la malformation Ă©taient : fatalitĂ© (83,3%), sort (8,3%), toxoplasmose « tonsognimi » en langue Bambara (5%), maladie sexuellement transmissible (1,7%) et malĂ©diction (1,7%). Le recours Ă la consultation dâun tradipraticien pour connaitre la cause de la malformation a Ă©tĂ© lâattitude en premier lieu chez 11,7% des mĂšres et pour celles-ci, le traitement de la malformation relevait du pouvoir du tradipraticien. Le sentiment de responsabilitĂ© dans la survenue des malformations avait Ă©tĂ© affirmĂ© par 39,4 % des mĂšres enquĂȘtĂ©es. Par crainte de revivre la mĂȘme expĂ©rience, elles avaient souhaitĂ© ne plus avoir un enfant.Les causes des fentes labio-palatines sont souvent recherchĂ©es dans le domaine du surnaturel dâoĂč le recours aux tradipraticiens en premier lieu.
The objective of this work was to understand the social representations of lip and palate clefts (LPC) in Malian setting.In Mali, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from March 2020 to February 2021 and has concerned mothers of patients suffered from LPC. The study involved mothers who agreed to participate in. The sample was consisted of 60 cases.The mean age of patients was 7 years and 8 months +/- 5.85. The male sex represented 68% of cases. A unilateral labial-alveolar-nasal cleft was the most common in 55% of cases. Mothersâ answers to the cause of the malformation were: fatality (83.3%), fate (8.3%), toxoplasmosis âtonsognimiâ in Bambara language (5%), sexually transmitted disease (1.7%) and curse (1.7%). In 11.7% of mothers, a traditional healer consultation was the first attitude to find out the cause of the malformation and for them, the treatment of the malformation fellwithin the power of the traditional healer. The feeling of responsibility for malformation occurrence has claimed by 39.4% of mothers. For fear of reliving the same experience, theyâd wished not to have a child afterwards.The causes of LPC are often sought in the field of the supernatural. These causesmotivate the use of traditional healers in the first instance