Vietnamese women's cultural beliefs and practices related to the postpartum period

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 731-736

  Lundberg, Pranee C ^a   Trieu Thi Ngoc Thu, ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Belief; Culture; Postpartum; Practice; Vietnamese women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMBOLISM; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052685793     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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