High-Risk Childbirth Practices in Remote Nepal and Their Determinants
| Autor: | Magnar Ulstein, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Narbada Thapa, Alan Geater |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male Postnatal Care Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Reproductive age Midwifery Household survey Nepal Nursing Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Humans Childbirth Lack of knowledge Animal Husbandry Home Childbirth Risk behaviour business.industry Postpartum care Hygiene Prenatal Care General Medicine Focus Groups Middle Aged medicine.disease Medicine Ayurvedic Obstetric Labor Complications Socioeconomic Factors Health Care Surveys Family medicine Female Risk assessment business |
| Zdroj: | Women & Health. 31:83-97 |
| ISSN: | 1541-0331 0363-0242 |
| Popis: | This study describes birth-related practices and their determinants among women in the Jumla district of Nepal. Data were derived from a household survey in 1996. Of 939 married women of reproductive age, 657 who had given birth to their last child during the previous five years were included in the analysis. Qualitative information was further obtained from traditional birth attendants (TBAs), mothers-in-law, community leaders and pregnant women. High-risk practices were common and related to local custom and lack of knowledge on the importance of cleanliness. Husband's level of education greater than fifth grade significantly reduced the high-risk practices in all stages of childbirth, independent of other socio-economic, biological and village variables. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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