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Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
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Fear in childbirth: are the media responsible?

, 2014
This is the second year that the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health convened a debate as part of the Festival of Learning at Bournemouth University (BU).
Hundley, Vanora, Luce, Ann, van Teijlingen, Edwin, Dewberry, J., Duff, E..   +4 more
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Delivering at Home or in a Health Facility? Health-Seeking Behaviour of Women and the Role of Traditional birth attendants in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Traditional birth attendants retain an important role in reproductive and maternal health in Tanzania. The Tanzanian Government promotes TBAs in order to provide maternal and neonatal health counselling and initiating timely referral, however, their role
Constanze Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer, Constanze, Pfeiffer, C., Rosemarie Mwaipopo, Mwaipopo, Rosemarie, Mwaipopo, R.   +5 more
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Do cultural taboos regulate hunting in transitioning Indigenous communities? The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan, Achili Mihu, Iho Tapo, Alinji Rondo, Jibi Pulu, Marcus Rowcliffe   +5 more
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Social support network of Brazilian Amazonian women to subsidise the decision-making power of planned home birth: a qualitative study

BMJ Open
Objective To understand the social support network of Amazonian women when making decisions about planned home births.Method Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative research.Setting Planned home birth care, accompanied by obstetric nurses, in the state of ...
Andressa Tavares Parente, Laena Costa dos Reis, Jannaina Campos Beviláqua, Valdecyr Herdy Alves, Lucia Helena Garcia Penna, Sílvio Éder Dias Da Silva, Bianca Dargam Gomes Vieira, Audrey Vidal Pereira, Marcia Simão Carneiro, Natalia Tifanny da Conceição, Tatiana do Socorro dos Santos Calandrini, Rafaela Chagas Pereira, Malena da Silva Almeida, Diego Pereira Rodrigues   +13 more
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Thermal care for newborn babies in rural southern Tanzania: a mixed-method study of barriers, facilitators and potential for behaviour change [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Hypothermia contributes to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-income countries, yet little is known about thermal care practices in rural African settings.
Marchant, T, Hildon, Zoe Jane-Lara, Zelee Hill, Donat Shamba, Tanya Marchant, Shamba, D, Marchant, Tanya, Schellenberg, J, Hill, Zelee, Hildon, ZJ, Marcel Tanner, Suzanne Penfold, Tanner, M, Irene Mashasi, Hill, Z, Mashasi, Irene, Shamba, Donat, Schellenberg, Joanna, Mashasi, I, Joanna Schellenberg, Penfold, S, Penfold, Suzanne, Zoe Jane-Lara Hildon, Tanner, Marcel   +23 more
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Temporary childbirth migration and maternal health care in India.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundWomen in South Asia often return to their natal home during pregnancy, for childbirth, and stay through the postpartum period-potentially impacting access to health care and health outcomes in this important period.
Nadia Diamond-Smith, Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Sumeet Patil, Lia Fernald, Purnima Menon, Dilys Walker, Alison M El Ayadi   +6 more
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“Taking Off the Rose‐Colored Glasses”: How Justice‐Centered Science Curricula Engages Prehealth Undergraduates' in Critical Consciousness

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Health disparities rooted in systemic oppression and perpetuated by implicit bias among medical professionals remain pervasive across North America. These inequities are often sustained by providers' limited awareness of social realities that shape the lives of people from marginalized communities.
Sabah K. Elias, Francisca Dogbe, Ashley R. Acosta‐Parra, Arsema Alemayehu, Faizah Asif, Yajing Feng, Jacob Francisco Gomez, Isabella Morimoto, Ofelia Preciado, Dathan Tran, Ross Wohlgemuth, Lucas R. Smith, Eric J. Crossen, Brie Tripp   +13 more
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Childbirth in the home environment

, 2018
Tato bakalářská práce s názvem "Porod v domácím prostředí" je teoreticko-výzkumnou prací. Teoretická část je věnována problematice porodu, jeho průběhu, přítomnosti osob u porodu a legislativní stránce domácího porodu.
Hladíková, Lenka
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Prevalence of and factors associated with home births in western Nepal: Findings from the baseline of a community-based prospective cohort study

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Problem considered: Home birth in a resource-poor setting such as Nepal is a maternal and newborn survival risk factor. Although the proportion of home births in Nepal has decreased substantially over the last two decades, the progress has yet to be ...
Vishnu Khanal, Sangita Bista, Shiva Raj Mishra   +2 more
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