Traditional beliefs and practices of child care in Tikapur municipality, Kailali district of Nepal
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Department of Rural Development
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This research study entitled Traditional Beliefs and Practices of Child Care in Tikapur Municipality, Kailali District of Nepal has been prepared and presented as the academic requirement of the master degree program in Rural Development. The specific objective of the study as to understand the traditional beliefs and practices related to child health, sickness and care. The study also intends to find out the commonly used local medicinal treatment and its techniques.
The natures of primary data are both qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative technique was used to explore what people believe about child diseases and to find out the sources of health care along with the social and cultural practice of the local people. It severs as a frame work for the study, guiding the collection and analysis of the data. This study includes both primary and secondary sources of data. Primary source of data are the data which are original in nature collected by direct visit by the researcher to the field. Data already used are the secondary source of data. Following are the main secondary source of the data of traditional Beliefs and Practices of Child Care used in this study. Annual report published by newspaper, magazines, websites, booklets and related articles of daycare center. 100 households were taken as a sample as per snowball sampling method having at least 1 child under 5 years.
Culture determines the behavior of an individual hence a disease to be or not to be determined by culture. Culture and health care practices arbitrate around each other influencing all other factors involving in between them. There are two major aspect of child care. They are the proactive care and reactive care. People have different perception on disease, care and treatment which are cultural consequences. Care of different organs, curing different diseases depends upon the use and availability of local resources. The traditional belief and practice in child care is evident in our society. It is visible fact that most of the people along with the modern medical treatment prefer traditional method of treatment and care. Where people are deprived with modern health facilities and compelled to living with superstitious norms and values, traditional healer, witch doctor, shamans should be given health training as well as concept of modern health system would be better for the child’s rearing and caring.