TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The preservation and disappearance of indigenous people’s traditional knowledge system, under mainstream social culture immersion and fusion, have presented a dynamic and changing acculturation interactive relationship impacting Truku women’s health concepts. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore how the traditional Gaya knowledge system and mainstream culture confinement care model affect the beliefs and behaviours of postpartum self-care amongst contemporary Truku women.Design/methodology/approach An ethnographic semi-structured method, based on cultural care factors and the Leininger Sunrise Model, was conducted to interview 17 Truku women with childbearning experience in eastern Taiwan. As data were collected, UDIST Vivo 11.0 software was applied for analysis.Findings Amongst the three knowledge system categories, namely, traditional, mainstream and reconstruction, the traditional knowledge system, including Gaya norms, provides the overall cultural value of a Truku family. While taboo is inherited through the experience of the elders, the mainstream knowledge system favours the Han. However, the reconstruction knowledge system highlights the “functional” response strategies based on Truku women’s comfort and conveniences.Originality/value Limited relevant studies have focused on the health and postpartum self-care knowledge of ethnic Truku women in Taiwan. The results are expected to provide clinical medical personnel with a reference and strengthen cultural sensitivity and the ability to implement the cultural congruency care of postpartum indigenous women in Taiwan.
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
SN  - 0737-8831
DO  - 10.1108/LHT-09-2018-0126
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-09-2018-0126
AU  - Huang Hsiao-Ching
AU  - Tsai Tsai-Fu
AU  - Wang Ya-Ching
AU  - Subeq Yi-Maun
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Postnatal self-care experience of Truku women’s traditions and mainstream acculturation and reconstruction in Taiwan: A qualitative study
T2  - Library Hi Tech
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1187
EP  - 1199
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -