'As soon as the umbilical cord gets off, the child ceases to be called a newborn': Sociocultural beliefs and newborn referral in rural Uganda

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nalwadda, Christine K ^a,b   Waiswa, Peter ^a,b,c   Guwatudde, David ^a   Kerber, Kate ^d   Peterson, Stefan ^a,b,c,e   Kiguli, Juliet ^a,c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Iganga Mayuge Demographic Surveillance Site   (Uganda)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Neonatal; Newborn; Qualitative; Referral; Sociocultural influences; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UGANDA; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930622673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.24386     Document Type: Article

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