'Chinese confinement after childbirth' - Old wives tales, myths and facts

Scientific publications

1. Chee C., Lee T. S. D., Chong Y. S., Tan L. K., Ng T. P., Fones C. Confinement and other psychosocial factors in perinatal depression: A transcultural study in Singapore. Journal of Affective Disorders, vol.89, 2005, pp.157-166.

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3. Hey S-S, Coombes L and Bartlett H. The association between depressive symptoms and social support in Taiwanese women during the month. International Journal of Nursing Studies 41, 573–579. 2004.

4. Liu N., Mao L., Sun X., Liu L., Chen B., Ding Q. Postpartum practices of puerperal women and their influencing factors in three regions of Hubei, China. BMC Public Health. 2006 Nov 7;6 (1):274 17087836.

5. Pillsbury B. "Doing the month": confinement and convalescence of Chinese women after childbirth. Soc Sci Med. 1978;12:11–22.

6. Raven J. H., Chen Q. Y., Tolhurst R. J., Garner P. Traditional beliefs and practices in the postpartum period in Fujian Province, China: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007, 7:8doi:10.1186/1471-2393-7-8.

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