World Health Organization ; World Health Organization Offeset Publication No. 18: The Traditional Birth Attendant in Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning

By Lily M. Turnbull

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Title:	World Health Organization ; World Health Organization Offeset Publication No. 18: The Traditional Birth Attendant in Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning
Author:	Lily M. Turnbull
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago M. Turnbul, B. L. (n.d.). World Health Organization ; World Health Organization Offeset Publication No. 18. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project was planned and implemented by the World Health Organization with f i n a n c i a l assistance from the United Nations Fund for Population A c t i v i t i e s . The Review and Analysis of Information and Data on T r a d i t i o n a l B i r t h Attendants and the information used in the preparation of t h i s document was based on investigations and studies carried out by a number of people and on reports and information and personal assistance provided by many national and i n t e r n a t i o n a l collaborators. We g r a t e f u l l y acknowledge t h i s assistance. While it is not possible to give personal recognition t o these and other c o n t r i - butors, some individuals and groups merit special mention. The national and international s t a f f who p a r t i c i p a t e d in the Consultation on the Role of the Traditional Birth Attendant in Maternal and ChiLd Health and Family Planning, held in Geneva in March 1973, through t h e i r personal experiences, insight and ideas, made a valuable contribution to the further development of the project and the preparation of t h i s document. Thanks a r e also due to the national and international s t a f f who p a r t i c i p a t e d in the follow-up seminar and meetings held to review the guide and to elaborate the s t r a t e g i e s , task analyses and training programme. We are p a r t i c u l a r l y indebted to the consultants who a s s i s t e d us in preparing the document, namely Mrs Aurora Cudal, Health Educator, Rona Davies, Public Health Nursemidwife, and M r John Simons, S o c i o l o g i s t , ~ h o a l s os erved as consultant f o r t h e Consultation and the followup meeting.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i i PIEFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii INTRODUCTION 21 .. ODbefjeicciteivnecsi eos f imn amteartneritnyi tyc acrea re. .. .. .. .! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 . Current limitations of c e n t r a l l y organized systems of maternity care 4 . Current limitations of locally organized systems of maternity care . .. .. 5 . Reasons for seeking improved collaboration between Traditional Birth Attendants and c e n t r a l l y organized systems of maternity care . . . . . 6 . Origin of the present project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. THE TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Definition o f a Traditional Birth Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.2 P r o f i l e of the Traditional Birth Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 Current practices of the Traditional Birth Attendant . . . . . . . . . 8 1.4 Procedures for induction of a Traditional Birth Attendant into the locally organized system of maternity care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.5 The p o t e n t i a l r o l e and functions of the Traditional Birth Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 . SURVEY OF THE ROLE OF THE TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT I N MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.1 Objectives of the survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.3 Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3 . FORMULATION OF STRATEGIES FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL BIRTH . . . ATTENDANT I N MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMMES 2 1 1 A typology of s i t u a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 Guide to the development of a strategy for collaboration between . . . . health services. Traditional Birth Attendants and communities 22 3.3 Team work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3.4 Incentives or rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3.5 Legislation; regulation; r e g i s t r a t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4 . COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAMME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5. THE TRAINING OF THE TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Training programme : .U nit I . Antepartal care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 .U nit I1. I n t r a p a r t a l care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . Unit I11 . . Unit I V. P oInsttepracrotnacl ecpatrioen .al. c.ar.e .(fa.m.il.y .pla.n.nin.g.) ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51 , 55 .U nit V . Infant care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 . Unit V I . Coordination of the a c t i v i t i e s of the Traditional Birth Attendant with the h e a l t h s e r v i c e and the community . . . . . . . . . . . 60