Poor perinatal care practices in urban slums: Possible role of social mobilization networks | Zendy

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Poor perinatal care practices in urban slums: Possible role of social mobilization networks

Author(s) -

Saira Mehnaz,

Zulfia Khan,

Najam Khalique,

MohdAthar Ansari,

AbdulRazzaque Siddiqui

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

indian journal of community medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-3581

pISSN - 0970-0218

DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.51229

Subject(s) - community mobilization , medicine , population , slum , health care , environmental health , socioeconomics , nursing , economic growth , sociology , economics

Making perinatal care accessible to women in marginalized periurban areas poses a public health problem. Many women do not utilize institutional care in spite of physical accessibility. Home-based care by traditional birth attendants (TBA) is hazardous. Inappropriate early neonatal feeding practices are common. Many barriers to perinatal care can be overcome by social mobilization and capacity building at the community level.

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