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Using a cultural-ecological framework to explore dietary beliefs and practices during pregnancy and lactation among women in Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India.
This article explores maternal dietary beliefs and practices gathered through interviews with mothers of infants and young children in Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India. Guided by focused ethnographic study methods, interviews were conducted with 33 key informants. We used a cultural-ecological framework to analyze and interpret the texts that were elicited from women about dietary beliefs and eating patterns during pregnancy and lactation. We identify differences between what women were advised to eat, felt they should eat, and reported consuming. The findings offer guidance for interventions to...
Source: Ecology of Food and Nutrition - March 7, 2018 Category: Nutrition Tags: Ecol Food Nutr Source Type: research

Tip-dating and homoplasy: reconciling the shallow molecular divergences of modern gharials with their long fossil record
Simultaneously analysing morphological, molecular and stratigraphic data suggests a potential resolution to a major remaining inconsistency in crocodylian evolution. The ancient, long-snouted thoracosaurs have always been placed near the Indian gharial Gavialis, but their antiquity (ca 72 Ma) is highly incongruous with genomic evidence for the young age of the Gavialis lineage (ca 40 Ma). We reconcile this contradiction with an updated morphological dataset and novel analysis, and demonstrate that thoracosaurs are an ancient iteration of long-snouted stem crocodylians unrelated to modern gharials. The extensive similaritie...
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - June 27, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: Lee, M. S. Y., Yates, A. M. Tags: palaeontology, taxonomy and systematics, evolution Palaeobiology Source Type: research

Back pain beliefs among Indian migrants in Australia: a cross-sectional study
CONCLUSIONS: Beliefs of Indian migrants aligned with a "western traditional" biomedical model for the cause of pain, but with a belief in the effectiveness of both Indian traditional and western treatment approaches. Awareness of these beliefs could enable an effective therapeutic alliance between clinicians and Indian patients.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONBack pain beliefs of Australian Indian migrants are similar to their western counterparts, so the current guidelines for back pain can potentially be implemented without too much adjustment for this migrant community.Awareness of these beliefs is likely to improve the ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 13, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pavithra Rajan Andrew Leaver Kathryn Refshauge Claire E Hiller Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 14, Pages 868: Influence of Health Warnings on Beliefs about the Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking, in the Context of an Experimental Study in Four Asian Countries
We examined whether viewing health warnings in an experimental study influenced beliefs about the health effects of smoking, by conducting surveys with ~500 adult male smokers and ~500 male and female youth (age 16–18) in Beijing, China (n = 1070), Mumbai area, India (n = 1012), Dhaka, Bangladesh (n = 1018), and Republic of Korea (n = 1362). Each respondent was randomly assigned to view and rate pictorial health warnings for 2 of 15 different health effects, after which they reported beliefs about whether smoking caused 12 health effects. Respondents who viewed relevant health warnings (vs. other warnings) were significa...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - August 2, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jessica Reid Seema Mutti-Packer Prakash Gupta Qiang Li Jiang Yuan Nigar Nargis A. Hussain David Hammond Tags: Article Source Type: research

The Role of Religion, Spirituality and Fasting in Coping with Diabetes among Indian Migrants in Australia: A Qualitative Exploratory Study
This study explored the religious beliefs of Indian migrants in Australia and the influence of those beliefs on their diabetes self-management. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 23 Indian migrants. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Most participants believed that prayers helped them alleviate stress and improve diabetes management participants also believed that receiving blessings/prayers from religious leaders prevent or cure diseases including diabetes. There were mixed views on beliefs about using insulin obtained from animal sources...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - October 6, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research

Sexual health communication between sex worker mothers and their children in India.
Abstract In India, relatively little is known about sex worker mothers' beliefs regarding sexual health communication with their children. Using qualitative data collected in Kolkata, India, this study used the Parent Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behaviour to examine sex worker mothers' beliefs about sexual health communication and factors shaping these beliefs. Sex worker mothers' beliefs about sexual health communication were shaped by societal norms and collectivising processes often driven by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a sex workers' collective in Kolkata, India. Specifically, we found tha...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - February 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ali S, Chaudhuri S, Ghose T, Jana S, Dolui R Tags: Cult Health Sex Source Type: research

Disgust, sushi consumption, and other predictors of acceptance of insects as food by Americans and Indians
Publication date: Available online 17 January 2019Source: Food Quality and PreferenceAuthor(s): Matthew B. Ruby, Paul RozinAbstractInsects are an important human food source, especially in developing countries, because of their efficiency at converting plant foods into animal protein, and their relatively low environment impact. The present study builds on some prior research on eating insects by surveying Indian and American adults. A composite measure of insect acceptance is developed. The results confirm prior findings that Americans are more accepting of insects as a potential food than Indians, and that men are more a...
Source: Food Quality and Preference - January 18, 2019 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 1163: Examining Cultural Differences in the Associations between Appraisals and Emotion Regulation and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder in Malaysian and Australian Trauma Survivors
This study examined cultural differences in the associations between appraisals, emotion regulation and PTSD symptoms using trauma survivors from an individualistic Western culture (Australia) and a collectivistic Asian culture (Malaysia). Trauma survivors (N = 228; 107 Australian with European cultural heritage, 121 Malaysian with Malay, Indian or Chinese cultural heritage) completed an on-line survey assessing PTSD (PTSD Checklist for the DSM-5 with Life Events Checklist), appraisals (trauma-related, fatalism, cultural beliefs about adversity) and emotion regulation (suppression, reappraisal, interpersonal). The Malaysia...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - January 21, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Laura Jobson Shamsul Haque Siti Zainab Abdullah Bryan Lee Haoxiang Li Tamsyn Reyneke Britney Kerr Wen Tan Winnie Lau Belinda Liddell Tags: Article Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 2137: Foreign Medical Students in Eastern Europe: Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Medical Cannabis for Pain Management
Conclusions: This study is the first to examine the attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs toward medical cannabis among foreign students from India and Middle Eastern countries studying in Russia and Belarus, two countries who oppose its recreational and medicine use. Indian and Middle Eastern students, as a group, tend to be more supportive of MC than their Russian and Belarusian counterparts. These results may be linked to cultural and historical reasons. This study provides useful information for possible medical and allied health curriculum and education purposes.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 22, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Konstantinov Reznik Zangeneh Gritsenko Khamenka Kalita Isralowitz Tags: Article Source Type: research

Attitudes and Beliefs of End-of-Life Care Among Blackfeet Indians
In conclusion, an individual-centered approach-understanding individual need first-may be the most appropriate and effective strategy to promote hospice information and its use.PMID:35951460 | DOI:10.1177/10499091221119141
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - August 11, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Yoshiko Colclough Gary M Brown Source Type: research

Awareness, Beliefs and Perspectives Regarding Weight Retention and Weight Gain among Postpartum Women in India: A Thematic Analysis of Focus Group Discussions and In-Depth Interviews
ConclusionThe unique challenges and barriers associated with postpartum weight loss efforts should be taken into consideration by healthcare professionals and public health policy-makers to design strategies specific to postpartum women.
Source: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India - March 17, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research

Urban-rural inequities in the parental attitudes and beliefs towards Human papillomavirus infection, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in Mysore, India
The aim of this study was to compare the parental attitudes and beliefs about HPV, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine between urban and rural areas, India.
Source: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology - March 26, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Abraham Degarege, Karl Krupp, Kristopher Fennie, Tan Li, Dionne P. Stephens, Laura A.V. Marlow, Vijaya Srinivas, Anjali Arun, Purnima Madhivanan Source Type: research