Integrating Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Customs into Pregnancy and Postpartum Care: Lessons Learned from a Hawaiian Public Health Nursing Project

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Mayberry, Linda J ^a   Affonso, Dyanne D ^a   Shibuya, June ^b   Clemmens, Donna ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State of Hawaii   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adolescent; Cultural; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 0033138648     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199906000-00003     Document Type: Article

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