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“Kunika women are always sick”: views from community focus groups on short birth interval (kunika) in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: In Northern Nigeria, short birth interval is common. The word kunika in the Hausa language describes a woman becoming pregnant before weaning her last child. A sizeable literature confirms an association between short birth interval and adverse perinatal and maternal health outcomes. Yet...
Autores principales: | Ansari, Umaira, Pimentel, Juan, Omer, Khalid, Gidado, Yagana, Baba, Muhd Chadi, Andersson, Neil, Cockcroft, Anne |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245922/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32448373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-00970-2 |
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