Role of cultural beliefs in influencing selected newborn care practices in rural Haryana

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 406-408

  Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash ^a   Singh, Bir ^a   Rai, Sanjay K ^a   Anand, Krishnan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cultural belief; Newborn care; North India; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; NEWBORN CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PERINATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867386156     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr113     Document Type: Article

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