Converging epistemologies: critical issues in Canadian Inuit childbirth and pregnancy.

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Vasiliki Kravariotis Douglas,Vasiliki Kravariotis Douglas,Vasiliki Kravariotis Douglas,

OBJECTIVES: To relate the cultural beliefs and environmental issues surrounding pregnancy and childbirth among the Canadian Inuit to the critical issues facing maternal and child health in the Inuit population. STUDY DESIGN: This is a literature based comparative historical study. METHODS: Anthropological, historical, biomedical and first person narratives were analyzed to determine Inuit beliefs concerning pregnancy and childbirth. These were compared with the risk factors for Inuit maternal and child health identified in the biomedical literature. RESULTS: Inuit beliefs concerning pregnancy and childbirth are rooted in an epistemological framework that differs in important ways from Southern/ biomedical theoretical norms. Evacuation to Southern hospitals for childbirth and the environmental contaminants discourse have both clashed in significant ways with Inuit beliefs, to the detriment of Inuit physical and social health. CONCLUSIONS: Inuit beliefs concerning pregnancy and childbirth are incompatible with biomedical theory, but are not incompatible with biomedical practice. As long as researchers and practitioners become aware of Inuit concerns and adapt biomedical practices to accommodate Inuit cultural and social priorities satisfactory clinical outcomes may be expected.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Alaska medicine

VOLUME: 49

Page Numbers: 209-14

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ISSN: 0002-4538

DAY: 20

MONTH: 11

YEAR: 2006

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