Social and cultural aspects of infertility in Mozambique
Social and cultural aspects of infertility in Mozambique
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DOI：
10.1016/s0738-3991(97)01018-5
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发表时间：
1997-05-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Gerrits, T
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作者：
Gerrits, T
本文介绍了对莫桑比克北部母系族群Macua成员不孕症的社会文化方面进行的人类学研究的结果。不孕妇女采用各种策略来生孩子。与现代医院相比，去传统医生那里看病的次数要多得多，而不孕妇女自己对不孕症的解释往往来自传统医生，而不是医院工作人员。几乎所有受访妇女都是为了怀孕而通奸。有些国家将寄养作为无子女的部分解决办法。Macua不孕妇女由于不孕而遭受各种后果，其中被排除在某些社会活动和传统仪式之外被认为是一个非常有问题的问题。母系亲属制度意味着丈夫及其家人不虐待或抛弃妻子，不育症必须被视为莫桑比克严重的生殖健康问题。从长远来看，预防措施可能比治疗措施更有影响力。这项研究的结果可用于制定文化敏感的健康教育方案。
Findings of an anthropological study of socio-cultural aspects of infertility among members of the matrilineal ethnic group Macua in the north of Mozambique are presented. Infertile women apply various strategies to have a child. Traditional healers are visited much more often than the modern hospital, and the explanations the infertile women themselves give for their infertility more often originated from the traditional healers than from the hospital staff. Almost all of the interviewed women commit adultery in the hope to conceive. Some of them apply fostering as a partial solution for childlessness. The Macua infertile women experience various consequences due to their infertility, of which exclusion from certain social activities and traditional ceremonies is perceived as a very problematic one. The matrilineal kinship system means that the husband and his family do not mistreat and repudiate her. Infertility must be considered as a serious reproductive health problem in Mozambique. For the long term preventive measures may be more influential than curative one. The findings of this study can be used to elaborate culturally sensitive health education programmes.