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Journal of Nurse Midwifery and Maternal Health

Volume  7, Issue 1, January – April 2021, Pages 11-13
 

Original Article

Effect of Consanguineous Marriages on Fetal Outcome

Jasmi Johnson1, Manu Chacko2

1Professor cum Head, Department of Nursing, 2Nursing Tutor, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Rama University, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 209217, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jnmmh.2454.7506.7121.1

Abstract

Prevalence of consanguinity in global context depicts in spite of the widespread detrimental impressions about inbreeding, consanguineous marriage is still quite common in various part of the world, especially in Asia and Africa. Consanguinity is also prevalent in Indian states wide level. The Indian subcontinent is a panorama of diversity in terms of culture, caste, religion, beliefs and attitudes towards customary social practices the present study was conducted to find out the relationship between the consanguineous marriages and fetal outcome among postnatal mothers, A correlative descriptive research used with a convenient sampling of 60 postnatal mothers were selected for the study . The result drawn out are likely to attract at first the educated unmarried to follow the non-consanguineous marriages. Keywords: Consanguinity; Panorama; Fetal out Come and Unmarried.


Corresponding Author : Jasmi Johnson, Professor cum Head, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Rama University, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 209219, India.