Knowledge and practice of family planning among pregnant tribal women in Southern India: an observational study

• Main Authors: Kiranmayee Muralidhar (Author), Holly Nishimura (Author), Kate Coursey (Author), Karl Krupp (Author), Poornima Jaykrishna (Author), Vijaya Srinivas (Author), Purnima Madhivanan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There are over 700 Scheduled Tribes (ST) living in 30 Indian states. As with other indigenous groups across the world, Indian ST have some of the poorest infant and child health outcomes of any communities in India. A child born to an ST family is 19% more likely to die in the fi...