Thursday, May 5, 2011

The pregnancy in Mapuche women

Aim: To identify the perceptions that have Mapuche women about pregnancy and post partum. This I will help us understand as the Mapuche culture live this beatiful period and so know how interact with them.

Methods
: Through reading and analysis of a Ethnographic work made for eight years in the Mapuche communities.

Results
: Was demonstrated that in the Mapuche society exist a different and complex meaning about care for the Mapuche women in this stage of the life.

Conclusions
: Knowledge of the beliefs and practices of the pregnancy in  Mapuche culture will allow us to create models of appropriate health care for this comunity.
 
 

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