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Volume 29, Issue 7, July 2013, Pages 809–817
Perceptions and uses of plants for reproductive health among traditional midwives in Ecuador: Moving towards intercultural pharmacological practicesAbstract
Despite
the fact that plants have played an important role in midwifery in many
cultures, there are very few in-depth studies on the plants
traditionally used by midwives. The aim of this study is to analyse the
perceptions and the uses of medicinal plants for reproductive health
among indigenous midwives in the city of Otavalo, Ecuador. The article
also aims to analyse the perceptions of traditional midwives regarding
allopathic drugs for reproductive health and their possible overlapping
uses of medicinal plants and allopathic drugs. The data are drawn from
an ethnographic study carried out in Ecuador. In total, 20 traditional
midwives have been interviewed. Individual and in-depth interviews also
took place with a sample of 35 women as well as with five nurses and two
doctors working at San Luis Hospital in Otavalo.
The
study shows that cultural health management and the incorporation of the
beliefs and practices relating to women's reproductive health can
represent a starting point towards the search for more successful
strategies in reproductive health.
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