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Review
. 2019 Dec;78(1):1604062.
doi: 10.1080/22423982.2019.1604062.

Symposium on "parental education" at the ICCH17

Christine Ingemann  1   2 , Siv Kvernmo  3 , Helle Møller  4 , Pertice M Moffitt  5 , Shirley Tagalik  6 , Rikke L Kuhn  7 , Siv E Nilsen  8 , Rebecca Rich  9 , Christina V L Larsen  1   2
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Symposium on "parental education" at the ICCH17

Christine Ingemann et al. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

This symposium report provides a brief overview of the six programmes and studies on parental education and maternal health services within the circumpolar region presented in the symposium "parental education" at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2018.

Keywords: Iindigenous; Parental education; arctic; circumpolar health; maternity; perinatal; traditional knowledge.

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