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Context For Filipino Community Based Orofacial Cleft Prevention Interventions, Sandra Daack-Hirsch
Context For Filipino Community Based Orofacial Cleft Prevention Interventions, Sandra Daack-Hirsch
Sandra Daack-Hirsch
Among Filipinos of lower SES 1/500 babies are born yearly with an orofacial cleft. This is one of the highest birth prevalence of orofacial clefting in the world. The main purpose of this study was to obtain contextual information prior to planning for community based health interventions in the Philippines regarding orofacial clefting. A descriptive ethnography was used to describe working class Filipinos' (including healthcare workers') current beliefs about the causes, prevention, and treatment of orofacial clefting, and vitamin taking practices during pregnancy. Modifications of Kleinman's explanatory models were made to include questions about people's general and personal beliefs about …