Cultural issues during pregnancy
Culture and Pregnancy
Culture and pregnancy
Culture and pregnancy in general
Culture and pregnancy:common concerns
Intention to become pregnant?
Pregnancy and intendedness
Abma et al, 1997
Peacock et al, 2000
Unintended pregnancy
Traditional
Modern
Immigrant woman or couple
How does one know if one is pregnant?
Cultural response to pregnancy
Peacock et al. (2001) (USA)
Delay in recognition
How should the baby be delivered?
Deliveries (Latinamerica): “epidemic” of C sections
Cesarean sections
What are the dangers for a pregnant woman/couple and the baby?
Dangers and concerns.
Dangers and concerns
Cravings and Pica
Pregnancy and gender issues
Gender of child
Domestic violence during pregnancy
Pregnancy and depression
Pregnancy and Migration
Pregnancy and health system
Modern society
Traditional society
MIGRATION AND PREGNANCY
Migration and pregnancy
Acculturation
Acculturation. National Comorbidity Study
Mexican American Prevalence Survey (Vega et al, 1998)
Acculturation problems
US-Mexico Border study of adolescents (Pumariega et al, 1992)
US Border…
U.California Irvine Mental Disorders in Primary Care (Escobar et al, 1998)
Pregnant Latina Women (Matson and Rodriguez, 1999)
Latina women
Less acculturated Latino women..
Positive effect of traditional culture?
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