What is it about?
Knowledge about the causes of critical ailments and risks during a maternity episode is crucial for women’s health. Although maternity-care knowledge is present both in explicit and tacit forms, there is a lack of requisite knowledge among women. Rural women rely on their community for such knowledge.
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Why is it important?
Maternal health in the community could be improved by redesigning the knowledge network for sharing the maternity-care knowledge of risks and danger signs. This research highlights the influence of culture on maternity-related knowledge-sharing in rural India and uncovers structural holes in the knowledge network.
Perspectives
Results of this research could be used to design policies and programs to create community-based knowledge networks for maternity care.
Amrita .
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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This page is a summary of: Who do the women trust for maternity care: A knowledge network–based study in rural India, Health Information Management Journal, October 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1833358318799368.
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