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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 18, No. 3, 299-313 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/019394599601800306

Pregnancy and Delivery Practices and Beliefs of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Israel

Michal Granot

Cheryl Spencer School of Nursing, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Ada Spitzer

Cheryl Spencer School of Nursing, Rambam Medical Center; Department of Nursing, University of Haifa and the Technion, Haifa, Israel

Karen J. Aroian

Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA

Carol Ravid

Batya Tamir

Revka Noam

Cheryl Spencer School of Nursing, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

This exploratory, qualitative study compared traditional and biomedicalpregnancy and delivery practices from the perspective of Ethiopian immigrant women in Israel. Findings documented that certain beliefs, such as the belief that nonmedical factors (i.e., moral behavior, God, and proper nutrition) were responsible for pregnancy outcomes, were relatively unaffected by immigration. After immigration to Israel, Ethiopian women, however, chose to deliver their babies in the hospital rather than import traditional home delivery practices from their homeland. Despite many negative aspects of labor and delivery in Israel, Ethiopian immigrant women felt that it was worth enduring negative Israeli health care practices in order to have "clean, " "safe, " and expert deliveries. Findingsfrom this study assist health care professionals to provide more culturally sensitive care to this immigrant group.


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