"Nothing special, everything is maamuli ": Socio-cultural and family practices influencing the perinatal period in urban India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Raman, Shanti ^a   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^b   Kurpad, Anura ^b   Razee, Husna ^c   Ritchie, Jan ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; EXPECTATION; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANCY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ADULT; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; PARTURITION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953344403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111900     Document Type: Article

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