Traditional postpartum practices and rituals: A qualitative systematic review

Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-502

  Dennis, Cindy Lee ^a   Fung, Kenneth ^b   Grigoriadis, Sophie ^c   Robinson, Gail Erlick ^d   Romans, Sarah ^d   Ross, Lori ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Doing the month; Postpartum; Rituals; Support

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRATION; PERINATAL CARE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCRIPTION; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REST; REVIEW; RITUAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 34447554431     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.3.4.487     Document Type: Review

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