Cultural Care and Maternal Health on Indigenous People Tolotang

Abstract

Maternal mortality rate in Indonesia in 2015 reaching 161/100,000 live births while the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS's) Indonesia is 102/100,000 live births. On the indigenous people there are still cultural Tolotang contrary to the principles of health. Although the status of the health of mothers and children are in a good Tolotang category, in 6 years recorded 2 cases of the death of the baby and the mother of 0%. This research uses qualitative methods with ethnographic approach. Sampling techniques performed with sampling pusposive, consists of 12 informers, including 3 pregnant, 3 ibu purity/lactation, and 6 others are supporting informants. The method of data collection through indepth interview and observation, which is then done content analysis. The study describes the perception of the health of mothers and children based on the religious factor that the condition of pregnancy is sustenance from God who should be thankful because with this condition they can obtain the offspring. Therefore they will try to live the birth process with smoothly, namely with how to "mabbura lomo", which incur the cultural action plan care maintenance/preservation, because it does not conflict with health. While from the cultural factors focus on the safety of the mother and the baby who appeared on the special treatment of pregnant and purity/breastfeeding and children age 02 years. A number of the culture such as abstinence consume shrimp, squids, crab and corn given cultural care Accomodation/Negotiation, while avoiding consume kelor leaves, the gift of honey and milk formula for a newly born baby, given the Cultural Care Repatterning/Restructuring, because contrary to health

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