Knowledge and practice of family planning among pregnant tribal women in Southern India: an observational study

Abstract Background There are over 700 Scheduled Tribes (ST) living in 30 Indian states. As with other indigenous groups across the world, Indian ST have some of the poorest infant and child health outcomes of any communities in India. A child born to an ST family is 19% more likely to die in the fi...

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Main Authors: Kiranmayee Muralidhar, Holly Nishimura, Kate Coursey, Karl Krupp, Poornima Jaykrishna, Vijaya Srinivas, Purnima Madhivanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40834-023-00259-3