TY - JOUR AU - Fitriyani, Y. PY - 2021/08/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - “I AM NOT FULLY MEDICALIZED.”: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF POST-NATAL CARE AMONG MALAYSIAN CHILD-BIRTHING WOMEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM JF - Proceedings of the Global Public Health Conference JA - GLOBEHEAL VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.17501/26138417.2021.4102 UR - http://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/globheal/article/view/735 SP - 9-17 AB - <p>Obstetric medicine and reproductive technology have been spread out<br>worldwide and become the symbol of modernization. Its expansion might displace the<br>traditional treatments which mostly are practiced by the people in developing countries.<br>However, the Malaysian women who lived in a Western country and had a well-educated<br>background still practiced the traditional treatments after giving birth. The study was<br>conducted in 2016 at Durham, a county in the United Kingdom, and it utilized qualitative<br>research by interviewing five Malaysian women who had a birth experience in the United<br>Kingdom. The result of the study revealed that heating the body with hot stone has still<br>mostly practiced by Malaysian women even living in the United Kingdom, where there<br>were optional sophisticated technology and qualified medical professional. In addition,<br>some of them still obeyed the recommended and prohibited foods ruled by the origin<br>culture during the postpartum period. The treatment was conducted at home supported by<br>the family and colleagues whose the same ethnicity and nationality. In conclusion, the<br>national boundaries, high education, and the existence of sophisticated health technology<br>and qualified medical professional are irrelated to why people still undertake traditional<br>treatments. The treatment was primarily chosen because of its health effects on the body<br>after treatments. Therefore, health policymakers have to know and consider the migrant‟s<br>cultural values in order to make the health system convenient and appropriate to either the<br>migrants‟ health. In addition, the study needs further research to find the effectiveness and<br>efficacy of traditional treatments to women‟s health.</p> ER -