Qualitative study explores traditional healing practices for emotional support in Zeliang pregnant women, suggesting culturally safe maternal mental health care models.
Key Points
This study aims to understand how Zeliang tribe pregnant women manage emotional distress using traditional beliefs and practices.
Conducted semi-structured interviews with ten pregnant women and two traditional healers.
Utilized reflexive thematic analysis to explore and analyze data.
Interviews centered around perceptions and coping mechanisms of emotional distress.
Identified three themes: emotional vulnerability and cultural understanding, ritual healing practices, and the role of traditional healers.
Rituals included chanting, fumigation, and herbal remedies as coping mechanisms.
Combined traditional and biomedical approaches for comprehensive emotional and physical care.