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Adoption of outgroup norms provides evidence for social transmission in perinatal care practices among rural Namibian women

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: How do new ideas spread in social groups? We apply the framework of cultural evolution theory to examine what drives change in perinatal care norms among Himba women in the Kunene region of Namibia. Access to formal medical care is on the rise in this region, and medical w...

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Autores principales: Hagen, Renée V, Scelza, Brooke A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7547623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa029