Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Annelerin Geleneksel Bebek Bakımı Uygulamaları Farklı mıdır?

Abstract

Despite the advances in medical practices, individuals in the world and in our country are turning to traditional practices for the purpose of treatment and protection from dangers. The group most affected by traditional practices is babies as a result of mothers' lack of knowledge about infant care and false traditional beliefs, knowledge and practices they have learned. There are many practices of traditional origin, which are shaped in line with the culture that mothers apply for baby care and vary from city to city. While some of the traditional practices that mothers use during baby care relieve families only spiritually, others are attempts that threaten the health of the baby by harming the baby's health and negatively affecting the quality of life. In addition, modern medicine supports traditional practices such as not showing the newborn baby to anyone and not being taken out for forty days, which are beneficial in terms of protecting the newborn who is susceptible to infection from infections. It is very important to determine the care practices of mothers regarding the health and development of babies in order to provide the right approaches to babies and to guide them by understanding the reasons for these approaches. It is very important to know the traditional practices that have an effect on infant health, to determine the harmful ones and to make educational plans, to protect the ones that are not objectionable to maintain, and to protect cultural characteristics and traditions.