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PubMed1977

Modern day menstrual folklore. Some clinical implications.

Clinicians are often unaware of the folk medical beliefs of their patients or consider them to be harmless and unimportant. Such beliefs are instrumental in shaping patient behavior, however, and may contribute to negative health practices. The information presented here demonstrates that attitudes toward a single bodily function, menstruation, may adversely affect women's body image, perception of disease causation, diet, willingness to take medication, contraceptive use, and the ability to plan pregnancies. The data are part of a pilot study in which patients in a clinic serving a multiethnic low-income population were questioned about their knowledge and beliefs concerning the female reproductive cycle. It is concluded that health personnel should strive to learn what women know and believe about their bodies and how they function, to improve health care provision.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Southeast Asian folklore about pregnancy and parturition.

Southeast Asian refugees immigrating to the United States bring many traditional beliefs about pregnancy and childbearing to their new home. Harmony with nature, dualistic concepts of disease, and pathogenetic metaphor are important ingredients of indigenous health practices. Pregnant and postpartum women must be protected against "wind," lost of "heat," and poisons. Because these notions and the behaviors used to carry them out may seem bizarre to unsuspecting Western-trained health care personnel, it is important for Westerners to understand the basis for these beliefs.

Asia, Southeastern↗