Beliefs and practices surrounding postpartum period among Myanmar women

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1257-1263

  Sein, Kyi Kyi ^a  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Myanmar; Postnatal period; Postpartum beliefs and practices; Traditional beliefs and practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MYANMAR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPARTUM BELIEFS AND PRACTICES; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TABOO; TRADITIONAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MYANMAR; POSTNATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM BELIEFS AND PRACTICES; TRADITIONAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MYANMAR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TABOO; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884588380     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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