ETHNICITY AND THE SUDDEN-INFANT-DEATH-SYNDROME - ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

Authors
GANTLEY M
Citation
M. Gantley, ETHNICITY AND THE SUDDEN-INFANT-DEATH-SYNDROME - ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, Early human development, 38(3), 1994, pp. 203-208
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology",Pediatrics
Journal title
Early human development → ACNP
ISSN journal
03783782
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
203 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-3782(1994)38:3<203:EATS-A>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Comparative data on infant caring practices among Bangladeshi and Wels h families in Cardiff, and among Maori and white families in New Zeala nd, reveal qualitative differences in the infant sensory environment. An anthropological perspecitive is adopted to place SIDS, lone infant sleeping and parent:infant co-sleeping in a broader cultural context.