Biak Tribal Culture Related Papua Women's Reproductive Health in Biak Num for Regency, Papua Province Indonesia

Values and norms that develop in people of Papua tend to discriminate women which can affect the woman health status and may lead to a high rates of maternal and child deaths of Biak tribe in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province. This study aims to develop concepts and propositions on women's reproductive health (pregnancy health, healthcare delivery and post-partum health) on Biak tribal culture in Biak Numfor. The research design is qualitative with the ethnometodology approach, symbolic interaction, and Kasper models analogy. Sources of data obtained from informants by interview, observation and documentation. Informants consisted of (1) the macro level, the tribal chief / head of customs, (2) the meso level, the community leaders / traditional leaders, and (3) a micro level, the head of the family / in-laws / parents, informants pregnant women, maternity women informans and informants during childbirth. The results found the concept of loose tribal cultures showed that Biak tribe cultural acculturation in Papua women's reproductive health and the concept of strict tribal culture of Biak indicate a cultural product of Biak tribe in Papua New women's reproductive health as well as demonstrate the proposition i.e., (1) Papua women's reproductive health in health care utilization have experienced of acculturation for Biak tribal culture (Biak tribe mother had used health care facilities either sub health centre, health centers and hospitals and had used health workers both midwives, nurses, doctors and medical specialists), (2) women's reproductive health in a number of behavioral ban, taboos and customs of tribal culture is a product of Biak tribal culture (mother breast milk preparation, reception first male child, thanksgiving, the birth of a boy, cutting the umbilical cord, cord care, belief in supernatural spirits disorders / demons, dowry, and sanctions )