“A Walk to Beautiful: Women with Obstetrical Fistulas in Ethiopia” Movie Review
“A walk to beautiful” is a heartrending and all to common story of the struggle many women, in middle to low-income countries, are facing when faced with obstetrical fistulas. The story begins with a woman who, because of her obstetrical fistulas has been casted away from her family and community. The woman is then faced with thoughts of despair and loneness in her attempt to raise her daughter, and often contemplates thoughts of suicide. Another women within the community gives her hope has she encourages, Ayehu to seek treatment for her condition in Ethiopians capital Addis Ababa. The remainder of the film focus on Ayehu journey and the journey of other women …show more content…
2015). These obstetrical fistulas can untimely lead to continuous urinary or fecal incontinence, which without surgical repair has little hope of correction. World wide the majority of obstetrical fistulas occur in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia are often the result the inability to access proper intra-partum health care. In many remote and rural areas intra-partum care is provide by other women within the community, these women attempt to provide more emotional support to the women during labor rather then have the medical knowledge to determine if the labor is progressing appropriately. The lack of medical knowledge results in women continuing through labor much longer then appropriate for a healthy birth. With labor not progressing appropriately the mother becomes extremely fatigued and muscle weakness and/or damage can occur in the female’s reproductive and urinary tracts, creating incontience and irreversible damage. The World Health Organization (2014) indicates that 50,000 to 100,000 women are at risk of developing obstetric fistula each year. However, these estimates are insufficient and under reported due a majority of obstetric fistulas occurring in remote geographical areas were individuals would not seek medical treatment to correct their …show more content…
These women, besides according for their or others experience during birth and labor have no real clinical training to make an appropriate assessment on the mother or neonate during labor or birth. According to Bainbridge (2010), indicated a survey conducted in 2007 found that nearly 40% of Uganda population had access to trained assistance during delivery, meanwhile 30% of pregnant women develop complications that could only have been detected by skilled attendants. While Brighton et al. (2012), indicate perceptions of women and communities with regards to attitudes and cultural beliefs were directly relates to the interaction of women in accessing healthcare providers during pregnancy and delivery in sub-Saharan Africa. These interactions foster the relationship and prevent the engagement of those women to seek both prenatal care and timely medical services during delivery. These results suggest that cultural sensitivity of indigenous populations are lacking in many healthcare professional education and further training, and these relationship are creating immense mistrust among healthcare providers and the communities they seek to
“A walk to beautiful” is a heartrending and all to common story of the struggle many women, in middle to low-income countries, are facing when faced with obstetrical fistulas. The story begins with a woman who, because of her obstetrical fistulas has been casted away from her family and community. The woman is then faced with thoughts of despair and loneness in her attempt to raise her daughter, and often contemplates thoughts of suicide. Another women within the community gives her hope has she encourages, Ayehu to seek treatment for her condition in Ethiopians capital Addis Ababa. The remainder of the film focus on Ayehu journey and the journey of other women …show more content…
2015). These obstetrical fistulas can untimely lead to continuous urinary or fecal incontinence, which without surgical repair has little hope of correction. World wide the majority of obstetrical fistulas occur in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia are often the result the inability to access proper intra-partum health care. In many remote and rural areas intra-partum care is provide by other women within the community, these women attempt to provide more emotional support to the women during labor rather then have the medical knowledge to determine if the labor is progressing appropriately. The lack of medical knowledge results in women continuing through labor much longer then appropriate for a healthy birth. With labor not progressing appropriately the mother becomes extremely fatigued and muscle weakness and/or damage can occur in the female’s reproductive and urinary tracts, creating incontience and irreversible damage. The World Health Organization (2014) indicates that 50,000 to 100,000 women are at risk of developing obstetric fistula each year. However, these estimates are insufficient and under reported due a majority of obstetric fistulas occurring in remote geographical areas were individuals would not seek medical treatment to correct their …show more content…
These women, besides according for their or others experience during birth and labor have no real clinical training to make an appropriate assessment on the mother or neonate during labor or birth. According to Bainbridge (2010), indicated a survey conducted in 2007 found that nearly 40% of Uganda population had access to trained assistance during delivery, meanwhile 30% of pregnant women develop complications that could only have been detected by skilled attendants. While Brighton et al. (2012), indicate perceptions of women and communities with regards to attitudes and cultural beliefs were directly relates to the interaction of women in accessing healthcare providers during pregnancy and delivery in sub-Saharan Africa. These interactions foster the relationship and prevent the engagement of those women to seek both prenatal care and timely medical services during delivery. These results suggest that cultural sensitivity of indigenous populations are lacking in many healthcare professional education and further training, and these relationship are creating immense mistrust among healthcare providers and the communities they seek to