Perceptions medicales et populaires dans la prevention des difficultes maternelles en milieu rural peul guineen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2595662 |
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| Authors | Mamadou Cellou Barry (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/525066 |
| OpenAlex | W2326055018 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 5 |
In this essay, we discuss some differences between professional and popular perceptions concerning the identification and prevention of birthing difficulties among the rural Peul in Guinea. This difference in perceptions is evidenced principally by three key elements having an influence in the progress of the pregnancy and labor as well as in the prevention of birthing difficulties. These include the daily domestic tasks, the fast of Ramadan, and the diet appropriate for the pregnant woman. The analysis shows that the mechanisms of prevention elaborated by the health professionals (medical perceptions) and those of the pregnant woman's personal entourage (popular perceptions) are realistically based but arise from different assumptions. From the popular perspective of those in a pregnant woman's entourage, the fear of labor, based on the generally high elevated rate of maternal mortality—especially elevated among the Peul in rural Guinea—justifies in certain measure the preventative activities centered on diet and the execution of domestic tasks. By contrast, among the health professionals interviewed, the attention is placed on the prevention of anemia which arises in women during pregnancy. In sum, we have here two different logics on the prevention of birthing difficulties
Geography · Political science · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Migration, Identity, and Health
| Highly cited | No |
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