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IJSRP, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2014 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


Biak Tribal Culture Related Papua Women's Reproductive Health in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province Indonesia
      Heni Voni Rerey, Alimin Maidin, Asiah Hamzah, and Mappeaty Nyorong
Abstract: Values and norms that develop in people of Papua tend to discriminate women which can affect the woman health status and may lead to a high rates of maternal and child deaths of Biak tribe in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province. This study aims to develop concepts and propositions on women's reproductive health (pregnancy health, healthcare delivery and post-partum health) on Biak tribal culture in Biak Numfor. The research design is qualitative with the ethnometodology approach, symbolic interaction, and Kasper models analogy. Sources of data obtained from informants by interview, observation and documentation. Informants consisted of (1) the macro level, the tribal chief / head of customs, (2) the meso level, the community leaders / traditional leaders, and (3) a micro level, the head of the family / in-laws / parents, informants pregnant women, maternity women informans and informants during childbirth.

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Heni Voni Rerey, Alimin Maidin, Asiah Hamzah, and Mappeaty Nyorong (2018); Biak Tribal Culture Related Papua Women's Reproductive Health in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province Indonesia; Int J Sci Res Publ 4(8) (ISSN: 2250-3153). http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0814.php?rp=P323054
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