Traditional postpartum practices of women and infants and the factors influencing such practices in South Eastern Turkey

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-71

  Geçkil, Emine ^a   Şahin, Türkan ^a   Ege, Emel ^b  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infants; Midwifery nursery; Postpartum period; Traditional practices in Turkey; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 58149301494     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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