Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Samson K Arzoaquoi; Edward E Essuman; Fred Y Gbagbo; Eric Yeboah Tenkorang; Ireneous Ngmenlanaa Soyiri; Amos K Laar

doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0044-0

Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

Samson K Arzoaquoi
, Edward E Essuman
, Fred Y Gbagbo
, Eric Yeboah Tenkorang
, Ireneous Ngmenlanaa Soyiri
, Amos K Laar

Malaysia Jeffrey Cheah Sch of Med & HS

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Abstract

Food taboos are known from virtually all human societies and pregnant women have often been targeted. We qualitatively assessed food taboos during pregnancy, its motivating factors, and enforcement mechanisms in the Upper Manya Krobo district of Ghana.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1 - 9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0044-0
Publication status	Published - 2015

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