Traditional belief and practices for care of infants among mothers

Abstract

Mothers not equipped with sufficient knowledge about child care and using traditional care practices methods may cause harm to this children’s health and even cause handicaps in their children.A descriptive study was conducted in Bhagwanpur Varanasi by visiting mothers at their homes. The study sample included 60 mothers of all age groups.The mothers had traditional care practices related to feeding, bathing, massaging, cord care and were highly prevalent among the illiterate ones the prevalence of traditional care practices was inversely related to the level of education of mothers.Some of these traditional health behavior can cause health risks. Therefore nurses should be aware of traditional behaviours which may pose health risks.