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0381/2017 - Paradoxes of the traditional midwives program in the context of krahô women.
Paradoxos do programa de parteiras tradicionais no contexto das mulheres krahô.

Author:

• Christine Ranier Gusman - Gusman, CR - <christine@uft.edu.br>

Co-author(s):

• Douglas Rodrigues - Rodrigues, D - <doug.xingu@gmail.com>
• Wilza Vieira Villela - Villela, W.V - <wilza.villela@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6246-2716


Abstract:

This article analyses the impact of the Working with Traditional Midwives Program on the daily routine of a Krahô indigenous ethnicity. It is about an ethnographic study that used observation and field diary as main supports, besides punctual interviews and secondary data. The field work occurred between August 2015 and December 2016 and involved ten women of eight different villages. The results point to a disconnection between the Program’s main objective , which is focused on appreciating and rescuing midwife knowledge , and the daily reality of the villages. Although the Program has targeted women whom already work empirically on the birth setting, there was a generalized acknowledgement in the villages that the women “became midwives” after undertaking the course. Consequently, the lack of payment and the frustrated expectation that “government” would hire them, though never assumed, were interpreted as neglect. The results indicate an ethnocentric bias of the Program, focused on disseminating scientific knowledge and delivering materials that are out of the logic of the group under analysis. Studies that evaluate the impact of the Programs’ actions in other contexts, including non-indigenous ones, may contribute to the necessary adjustments and the effective appreciation of these women’s work.

Keywords:

Midwives; Home Childbirth; Health of Indigenous People

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Gusman, CR, Rodrigues, D, Villela, W.V. Paradoxes of the traditional midwives program in the context of krahô women.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Oct). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/paradoxes-of-the-traditional-midwives-program-in-the-context-of-kraho-women/16433?id=16433&id=16433



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