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Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

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ID4622397
AutoresSamson K Arzoaquoi (University of Ghana), Edward E Essuman, Edward Essuman (University of Ghana), Fred Yao Gbagbo (0000-0001-8441-6633, Marie Stopes International), E Y Tenkorang (0000-0001-6127-3799, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Ireneous Soyiri, Ireneous N Soyiri (0000-0003-4697-5156, Monash University Malaysia), Amos Laar (0000-0001-5557-0164, University of Ghana, autor de correspondencia), Amos K Laar
Año2015
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas59-59
Fecha de publicación2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s13002-015-0044-0
PMID26182983
PMCIDPMC4504131
OpenAlexW1900584510
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas24

Food taboos and traditional beliefs targeting pregnant women exist in Upper Manya Krobo. Pregnant women are forbidden from eating snails, rats, snakes, hot foods and animal lungs. To a large extent, socio-cultural, and to a lesser, health concerns motivate the practice

Biodiversity · Biology · Enforcement · Geography · Political science · Pregnancy · Rural area · Rural district · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Ecology

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