Giving Birth at Home in Resource-Scarce Regions of India: An Argument for Making the Women-Centric Approach of the Traditional Dias Sustainable

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AuthorBijoya Roy
AuthorImrana Qadeer
AuthorMira Sadgopal
AuthorJanet Chawla
Area56 villages, 6990 households, total population- 41,621
Date Accessioned2024-11-26T09:02:53Z
Date Available2024-11-26T09:02:53Z
Date of Publication2021
DescriptionEmpirical Study Report
AbstractThe report examines how dais’ traditional knowledges and practices can manage low-risk births while empowering low-income women during labor and delivery. While traditional birth attendants or dias have been marginalized in the maternity care policy and their contibution towards maternal and neonatal care has been underappreciated. Despite their marginalization they continue to assist homebirths in low resource areas of the country. The study attempts to explore why many Indian women still choose dais in rural areas with poor infrastructure and low quality of facility-based care. It highlights dias and their skills continue to be effective because they share the cluture, language and social background of their clients and offer "cultural safety".
Identifier URIhttps://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/894
ProvenanceRural
ProvenanceHimachal Pradesh
ProvenanceJharkhand
ProvenanceMaharashtra (MH)
ProvenanceKarnataka
ProvenanceIndia
KeywordMaternal and Child Health
CitationRoy, B., Qadeer, I., Sadgopal, M., Chawla, J., & Gautam, S. (2021). Giving birth at home in resource-scarce regions of India: An argument for making the women-centric approach of the traditional dais sustainable. Sustainable birth in disruptive times, 217-232.
TitleGiving Birth at Home in Resource-Scarce Regions of India: An Argument for Making the Women-Centric Approach of the Traditional Dias Sustainable
Item TypeCase Study
CoverageMaternal and Child Health
CoverageInstitutional Deliveries
CoverageTraditional Birth Attendants
CoverageDias
CoverageHomebirths
Course TagUnderstanding Health Systems and Policy
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