Faces of Childbirth : The Culture of Birth and the Health of the Greenlandic Perinatal Family

• Main Author: Montgomery-Andersen, Ruth
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Nordic School of Public Health NHV 2013
• Subjects: Kalaallit ilaqutariit; ernineq; ilaqutariit erninerup nalaanni; ilaqutariit meeraarartallit ataqatigiiaanik tapersersuisoqarnera; Greenlandic family; childbirth; perinatal family; health promotion; family support networks; Grønlandsk familie; fødsel; den perinatale familie; sundhedsfremme; netværk hos småbørns familie; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Greenland; Ilulissat; Nuuk; Sisimiut; Tasiilaq; greenlandic; grønlandsk; kalaallit
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3781

INTRODUCTION. This dissertation concerns childbirth and its position within the Greenlandic society. It takes a world relational view to health promotion during, focusing on the perinatal family and the importance of the mothers, the child, their families and the local community as equal pieces of a...