essay
Infant feeding practices in a Trukese village
Cultural Survival, Inc. • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1984 • Pages: 37-51, 105-109
By: Marshall, Leslie B., Marshall, Mac.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, the Marshalls examine the reasons for the increase in bottlefeeding and its impact on the health of Chuuk infants. They interviewed 83 mothers and obtained information on 375 infants. Some of the reasons for the changes in infant feeding are i) the availability of commercial milk, ii) the American influence, and iii) the increase in women's activities outside the home, i.e. the work place and school. Another finding is the increase in gastrointenstinal and respiratory disease among bottlefed babies, which the Marshalls attribute to poor sanitary conditions surrounding the cleaning and preparation of bottles.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Eating
- Medical therapy
- Infant feeding
- Weaning and food training
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chuuk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Moen Island, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leslie Marshall and Mac Marshall
- 'June 1984'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-109)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84202296
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)