Neonatal care practices in a tribal community of Odisha, India: A cultural perspective

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 238-244

  Pati, Sanghamitra ^a   Chauhan, Abhimanyu S ^b   Panda, Madhusmita ^c   Swain, Subhashish ^a   Hussain, Mohammad A ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Department of Global Health and Leadership   (India)

^c Programme RCH Division UNICEF Odisha Mayurbhanj   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural practices; Newborn care; Odisha; Traditional belief; Tribal community

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84901841219     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu005     Document Type: Article

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