THE DEVELOMENT OF POSTPARTUM MOTHER AND INFANT HEALTH CARE MODEL USING LOCAL WISDOM IN CHAIYAPHUM PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION

Abstract

This research proposed to study self-care practices using local wisdom among postpartum mothers and developed of postpartum mother and infant health care model using local wisdom in Chaiyaphum provincial administrative organization. The study used mixed methods approach: qualitative and quantitative research design. The sample group consisted of 682 people, divided into a group of 625 were asked to answer the questionnaire and 50 informants were interviewed.
The research instruments were the questionnaire and the semi-structured interview. Data collection period were 3 months. Data were analyzed by using the descriptive statistics and the qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis based on the Colaizzi’s seven–step method.

The results showed that; (1) the self-care practices using local wisdom of postpartum mother was at high level (M= 3.77, S.D. 0.21). (2) The knowledge of postpartum mother and child health care using local wisdom was consisted of lying on the fire, taking herbal baths, herbal tent, herbal compress, baking the salt pot, eating herb, drinking herb and the infant health care using local wisdom. (3) The mother's health and non-traditional holistic care model adopt the effective combination of local wisdom and modern care.