essay
Mothers and infants
Kiribati: a changing atoll culture • [suva, Fiji] • Published In 1985 • Pages: 17-25
By: Teatao Tira, Rite.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the state of Kiribati maternal and child care. While recognizing recent expansion of health facilities and services, the author argues that children are suffering from malnutrition primarily caused by increasing dependence on cheap imported food. The problem is exacerbated by mothers' involvement in income-generating activities which, while economically helpful, reduce time for childcare. For maps, glossary, and bibliography see Mason (1985).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Family relationships
- Extended families
- Infant feeding
- Infant care
- Child care
- Postnatal care
- Gender roles and issues
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Childhood activities
- Morbidity
- Diet
- Nutrition
- Labor supply and employment
- Price and value
- External trade
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1977-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Tarawa, Northern Kiribati Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rite Teatao Tira ; photographs by Tony Whincup
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86214124
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati--Social life and customs
- Kiribati--Social conditions