Pregnancy In Haitian Culture

Women’s health is a topic of actuality worldwide. Women from every nation are prone to follow their family traditions during their pregnancy and delivery of their babies. Sometimes these traditions leave both mother and babies in great danger. Upon assessment, those of the Haitian culture are often diagnosed as high risk cases when they seek prenatal care. The concept of “high risk” or “low risk” are based on observations, interviews, and interactions with people of a particular culture or group and statistics are used to compare them with other groups or cultures before drawing a conclusion. Analysis of Haitian women point out why they are considered as high risk during childbearing ages and inclusion of culture explain why midwifes often …show more content…
. It is not surprising to see the tones of high numbers of pregnancies among Haitians adolescents because no one do their sexual educations. Being afraid of their parents, even health care workers are avoiding that subject. We have a duty on educating both parents and their children at any given opportunity while maintaining professionalism. Preventing high risk pregnancy among prevalent groups should be our concerns.
Pregnancy is seen as a blessing among Haitians’ families. There are a great numbers of Haitian families that are in denial of risks associated with pregnancy. They see it as a happy moment in which they will expand their family. Jessie makes it known that many Haitian women are not embarrassed with their pregnancy. Keep in mind that the pregnant may take better care if the gender of the child is known to be a male especially if it is the first child of the family.
Although pregnancy is seen as a blessing, the level of abortion among Haitians women is high. They do not tolerate some unplanned pregnancies and they are prone to get rid of that unborn child by drinking some types of anticoagulant which stimulate …show more content…
It is said that Haitian women were raised to be not only obedient to their husband or partner, but to be good house wives regardless of the treatment received at home. They are expected to carry on their roles for the family even though they may be having a very risky pregnancy. Following their old traditions of obedient house wives, many among pregnant Haitian face different types of abuses. They are, not limited to sexual abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and financial abuse. All can happen on a daily basis without the fear of pregnancy. We as health care professionals can help them exiting those absurd cycles while remaining loyal to their husband/partners and children. It is not acceptable to suffer from violence of any type regardless of the gender or culture of