how are preferences and prejudices of society responsible for infant and maternal mortality
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Preferences and prejudices of society responsible for infant and maternal mortality may be as explained below.
Some people in the society may prefer that the wives deliver at home after being expectant for 9 months. Some birth complications may arise and this may lead to the death of the mother as well as the baby.
On the other hand, some societies hold a view that they cannot take their children to clinics and this may as well lead to infant mortality being high.
The prejudices and preference play a vital role in the whole process of maternal and infant mortality.
The main reason is that people are bending towards the traditional method of giving birth but they forget that the diet is nowhere similar to the traditional food.
It results in complication during the whole delivery process.
This effect the spiritual or mental health of a child.