Vietnamese behavioral and dietary precautions during pregnancy

Manderson, Lenore; Mathews, Megan

doi:10.1080/03670244.1981.9990650

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“…Nevertheless, concurrent and seemingly opposing beliefs held by many women regard the role of the mother as an active determinant of her child's destiny (Hart, Rajadhon and Coughlin, 1965;Manderson and Mathews, 1981a;1981b). The exhibition of good moral behavior by the pregnant woman is believed to affect positively the health and temperament of her unborn child.…”

Section: Maternal and Infant Health Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Thus, there may be variations concerning the exact types of diets and rituals to which an expectant mother should adhere (Hart, Rajadhon and Coughlin, 1965). Despite the individual discrepancies concerning food identification as hot or cold, in general, cold foods fall in the vegetable and fruit category while hot foods tend to be high protein meats, fats, alcohol, sugars and high carbohydrate foods (Hart, Rajadhon and Coughlin, 1965;Manderson and Mathews, 1981b;Muecke, 1983;Tong, 1981).…”

Section: Hot/cold Humoral Balancementioning

confidence: 97%

“…The importance of this hot/cold balance is integral not only to perceptions of illness, but to other physiological states as well, such as pregnancy, parturition and lactation. The classification of foods as hot, cold, windy, tonic or neutral is based on their physical effects on the body as well as the intrinsic nature of the foods (Manderson and Mathews, 1981b). This system of hot and cold equilibrium revolves primarily around naturalistic health problems believed to be relieved through special diets and herbal medicines, but is intertwined with personalistic and animistic concepts of disease causation and curation (Foster, 1976;Leslie, 1976;Tung, 1980).…”

Section: Hot/cold Humoral Balancementioning

confidence: 98%

“…As the pregnancy progresses, her state becomes hotter, perhaps passing through a neutral phase in the second trimester. By the end of the pregnancy she is in an extremely hot state which is dissipated after birth when again she enters into a tremendously cold and vulnerable state (Manderson and Mathews, 1981b;Pillsbury, 1978;Sich, 1981).…”

Section: Stages Of Pregnancy and Appropriate Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dietary habits and obstetrical service utilization during pregnancy and lactation among Tai Dam women of central Iowa

Stewart

Whiteford

1987

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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Throughout the world, pregnancy and lactation are considered to be periods of vulnerability to the well-being of both mother and child. Cross-culturally the physiological, metabolic and psychological requirements of childbirth are met differently. This study investigates the nutritional and medical worldview of Tai Dam refugee women living in central Iowa. It focuses on perceptions of pregnancy and lactation, dietary beliefs which affect the foods consumed during these stages of the female lifecycle, and provides an assessment of the health implications to Tai Dam women. Physician/patient communication is addressed, particularly in terms of how cultural traditions inhibit the utilization of available health care during pregnancy. In addition, this article examines social change and its effect on traditional health practices. INTRODUCTIONThroughout the world, pregnancy and lactation are considered to be periods of vulnerability to the well-being of both mother and child. These are times, for example, when women in many cultures often are thought to possess supernatural powers, or be influenced by them. In most cultures specific foods are equated with health (Foster and Anderson, 1978). Although there is an enormous range of diversity, dietary precautions are commonly followed in order to promote a healthy pregnancy and ensure successful lactation.Cross-culturally the physiological, metabolic and psychological requirements of childbirth are met differently. In the United States, for example, the emphasis on nutrition cautions against the use of alcohol and certain medications, while encouraging the consumption of milk, protein-rich foods and vitamins. In other cultures, dietary restrictions may be influenced by the belief that certain common foods cause specific maladies. For example, Tamilnad women of South India believe ingestion of fish during pregnancy will produce fits in the child (Ferro-Luzzi, 1973). In many Asian cultures precautions are based on the belief that a balance of foods containing "hot" and "cold" qualities is essential. In rural Latin America, pregnant women avoid many foods with hot qualities. Similarly, traditional Chinese women 121 F.N.-B demonstrate this principle by avoiding the overuse of hot spices in their diet .Regardless of the cultural reasoning behind dietary alterations, nutrition during pregnancy affects the health of both mother and child. For health officials who wish to provide traditional ethnic women with pre-and post-natal care, familiarity with the cultural differences between health providers and patient can ease communication and provide more successful health care.The purpose of this study is to investigate the nutritional and medical worldview of Tai Dam refugee women living in central Iowa and obtain previously unavailable information on their traditional belief system. Specifically, it focuses on perceptions of pregnancy and lactation, dietary beliefs which affect the foods consumed during these stages of the female lifecycle, and provides an assessment of the health i...

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Section: Maternal and Infant Health Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Hot/cold Humoral Balancementioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Hot/cold Humoral Balancementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Stages Of Pregnancy and Appropriate Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dietary habits and obstetrical service utilization during pregnancy and lactation among Tai Dam women of central Iowa

Stewart

Whiteford

1987

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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“…Continued intake of bo after six months would over-enlarge the foetus, with resultant labour difficulties. It is of interest that Manderson and Mathews (1981) found that Sino-Vietnamese women followed the same practice of changing the dietary balance in mid pregnancy, although other workers have, found Chinese beliefs that the mother's needs are not supposed to alter.…”

Section: Pregnancy Dietsmentioning

confidence: 96%

From concept to practice: Food behaviour of Chinese immigrants in London

Wheeler

Tan

1983

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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Forbidden from the Heart: Flexible Food Taboos, Ambiguous Culinary Transgressions, and Cultural Intimacy in Hoi An, Vietnam

Avieli

2018

Food Anxiety in Globalising Vietnam

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Non-Asian tourists visiting the lively market of Hoi An, a town in central Vietnam where I have been conducting ethnographic research since 1998, are often surprised by the huge array of aquatic and amphibian creatures of shapes and sizes they have never seen before, often sold live, skinned and gutted on the spot. They stare in horror at the slaughtering of chicken and ducks, and the handling of fresh non-refrigerated flesh. They are visibly disgusted by the sale of internal organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, guts, claws, hooves, or ears, which are rarely consumed in their countries of origin. A recurrent topic on any market visit is dog meat (which is not sold in Hoi An's markets, and see Avieli 2012a). Visitors seem to be most eager to find what they consider tabooed flesh (such as that of reptiles, amphibians, or dogs), and when they do, they take a picture, stare for a while, and leave disgusted. One comment I have heard repeatedly in such circumstances was that "they eat everything".

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Vietnamese behavioral and dietary precautions during pregnancy

Cited by 22 publications

References 14 publications

Dietary habits and obstetrical service utilization during pregnancy and lactation among Tai Dam women of central Iowa

Dietary habits and obstetrical service utilization during pregnancy and lactation among Tai Dam women of central Iowa

From concept to practice: Food behaviour of Chinese immigrants in London

Forbidden from the Heart: Flexible Food Taboos, Ambiguous Culinary Transgressions, and Cultural Intimacy in Hoi An, Vietnam

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