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ROLE OF INDIGENOUS MIDWIFE (DAIMA) IN RURAL SECTOR: A CASE STUDY ON MATERNAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION OF THE SCHEDULE TRIBES OF BIRBHUM DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL
Author Name :
Debasis Mondal
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ROR-766
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Abstract :
What is the role played by the indigenous midwife (Daima) in rural sector for providing obstetric services in the different tribal communities of rural Bengal? The present paper has been attempted to examine how indigenous midwife are worked as a maternal health communicator in the tribal areas particularly in postpartum period. The main objectives of this study are as (a) to find out the customs and norms followed by the tribal groups during the time of childbirth. (b) to find out the covering area, learning pattern and method of obstetric services provided by the indigenous midwife especially in the postpartum period. A Case Study method had been applied in which was followed by in-depth interview techniques and some open ended questions were used as an instrument to collect the primary data from the field. The present study draws the conclusion that most of the remote tribal villages, where the communication systems are very poor, the indigenous midwives are taking care of a childbearing mother and providing obstetric services to the tribal community, as because of that is the part of their traditional customs, norms and values.
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