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Concealed pregnancy as an act of care? : A qualitative analysis of motivations for concealing and non-disclosure of early pregnancy in The Gambia

dc.contributor.authorParrish, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorVasan, Senthil K.
dc.contributor.authorKarpe, Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorHardy-Johnson, Polly
dc.contributor.authorJarjou, Ousman
dc.contributor.authorBittaye, Mustapha
dc.contributor.authorPrentice, Andrew M.
dc.contributor.authorUlijaszek, Stanley
dc.contributor.authorJobe, Modou
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Anthropologyen
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T15:29:00Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T15:29:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-24
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements The authors wish to acknowledge the support and active input from the Scientific Coordinating Committee (SCC) and from the Research Governance and Support Services, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. We would like to thank the management and staff of the Ministry of Health of The Gambia and of Kanifing General Hospital for their support in conducting the study at the hospital premises. The authors thank the staff of the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM and, in particular: Fatou Y. Manneh for data collection activities, Penda John and Fatou Jaiteh for valuable input in designing the protocol and focus group discussion guide. Finally, we are grateful to the many study participants who have been so willing to contribute to this study. Funding Funding for the PRIMORDIAL study is from Medical Research Council, UK (MR/R020345/1) the Global Challenges Research fund, University of Oxford, UK (0006138), and Newton Fund (BT/IN/DBT-MRC/DIFD/JM/12/2018–19).en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier281371731
dc.identifiere3e8f6e2-d5b4-466b-970b-29e3c0c637f1
dc.identifier37226126
dc.identifier85160126238
dc.identifier.citationParrish, S, Vasan, S K, Karpe, F, Hardy-Johnson, P, Jarjou, O, Bittaye, M, Prentice, A M, Ulijaszek, S & Jobe, M 2023, 'Concealed pregnancy as an act of care? A qualitative analysis of motivations for concealing and non-disclosure of early pregnancy in The Gambia', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol. 23, 374. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05710-6en
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12884-023-05710-6
dc.identifier.issn1471-2393
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:CAECB45306EE62A72A014B60C703C814
dc.identifier.otherRIS: Parrish2023
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6898-1835/work/142978472
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/21744
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dc.identifier.vol23en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Pregnancy and Childbirthen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subjectChild healthen
dc.subjectDiabetesen
dc.subjectMaternal healthen
dc.subjectWitchcraften
dc.subjectGN Anthropologyen
dc.subjectObstetrics and Gynaecologyen
dc.subjectMedical Research Council (MRC)en
dc.subjectMR/R020345/1en
dc.subject.lccGNen
dc.titleConcealed pregnancy as an act of care? : A qualitative analysis of motivations for concealing and non-disclosure of early pregnancy in The Gambiaen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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