The Wahakura: A qualitative study of the flax bassinet as a sleep location for New Zealand Māori infants

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 1413, 2015, Pages 12-19

  Abel, Sally ^a   Stockdale Frost, Ariana ^a   Rolls, Rangihaanu ^a   Tipene Leach, David ^b  

^a EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; DEATH; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANCY; INFANT; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT EQUIPMENT; NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CULTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLEEP;

EID: 84959348880     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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