Yokomori, Kayo (2003) The Role of Medical Interventions in Material Health during and after Childbirth in Kibera Slums of Nairobi Kenya. Masters thesis, Kenyatta University.
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Abstract
Childbirth is one of the biggest events in a woman's life. In developed countries,essential medical interventions are conducted by medical doctors, and this helps to keep maternal and infant mortality rates low. This is not the case in developing countries like Kenya, where deliveries are facilitated mainly by poorly equipped and trained midwives and traditional birth attendants (TBAs).The outcome of this is high maternal and newborn mortality rates. This study examined the kinds of medical interventions available to women during delivery; their suitability in terms of accessibility; and effects of such medical interventions or their absence on the health and lives of women in Kibera slums. It was a cross-sectional study, carried out in Kibera slums, Nairobi City, Kenya,between July 2002 and June 2003. The target sample population comprised 400 consenting women residents who had had babies before. In addition, 10 medical personnel were recruited into this study as Key Informants Interviewees (KII); provide specialized information and 6 unmarried young women participated in Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to enlighten the research on common ideas about childbirth. The data was collected using questionnaires and interview guides. Quantitative data collected was analysed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software, while quantitative information entailed content analysis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2017 10:27 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Feb 2017 10:27 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/1406 |
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