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BMJ OpenObjective 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 +13 more
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Not Found in Tibetan Society : Culture, Childbirth, and a Politics of Life on the Roof of the World [PDF]
, 2011 This article explores the work of culture and politics in the context of health-development interventions. Specifically, I discuss a maternal-child health project that was conceived and executed in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, and the place of ...
Craig, Sienna R
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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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Temporary childbirth migration and maternal health care in India.
PLoS ONEBackgroundWomen 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 +6 more
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Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018 Introduction: We know a great deal about how childbirth is affected by setting; we know less about how the experience of birth is shaped by the attitudes women bring with them to the birthing room. In order to better understand how women frame childbirth,
Tamar M. van Haaren-ten Haken +4 more
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Property and women’s alienation from their own reproductive labour [PDF]
, 2001 There is an urgent need for reconstructing models of property to make them more women-friendly. However, we need not start from scratch: both ‘canonical’ and feminist authors can sometimes provide concepts which we can refine and apply towards women’s ...
Dickenson, Donna
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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 +5 more
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global HealthProblem 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 +2 more
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Trials, 2019 Background Postpartum contraception is important to prevent unintended and closely spaced pregnancies following childbirth. Methods This study is a cluster-randomized trial of communities in rural Guatemala where women receive ante- and postnatal care ...
Margo S. Harrison +10 more
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Cultural differences in postnatal quality of life among German-speaking women - a prospective survey in two countries. [PDF]
, 2014 Assessment of quality of life after childbirth is an important health-outcome measurement for new mothers and is of special interest in midwifery. The Mother-Generated Index (MGI) is a validated instrument to assess postnatal quality of life.
Gross, M.M. +2 more
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