Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10515729 | Midwifery | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
while the importance of health facility births is recognised in this rural community many women continue to give birth in the village. Identifying and understanding local customs, beliefs and practices, particularly those that may be harmful to women and their newborn infants, is critical to the development of locally-appropriate community-based strategies for improving maternal and infant health in rural communities in PNG and other resource-limited, high burden settings.
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Authors
Lisa M. (Senior Research Fellow), Primrose (Research Midwife), Angela (Principle Research Fellow), Andrew (Associate Professor), Caroline S.E. (Professor of Midwifery), Andrea (Associate Professor),