Birth outcomes among women attending a referral hospital in Kenya

ISBN-13: 9783847304715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 84 str.

Namaloba Ruth Wafula

Opis

Maternal and Perinatal morbidities and mortalities remain unacceptably very high worldwide with a higher proportion occurring in the developing or low resource countries. Efforts to reduce these mortalities are among the top five millennium development goals, to be achieved by the year 2015.Limited empirical literature exist on the factors influencing birth outcomes in the Sub Saharan region. Some parts of the world have reported maternal factors, past obstetric history, antenatal and intrapartal care among the determinants of birth outcomes. The Author of this book reveals how maternal social-demographic characteristics, past obstetric history, prenatal and intra-patal care affect birth outcomes among women that delivered at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. The author recommends actions that can be taken by various stakeholders in improving maternal and neonatal birth outcomes.

O autorze

Mrs. Ruth Namaloba holds an MSc. Nursing degree in Maternal and Neonatal Health from Moi University. She is an experienced nursing practitioner for over 10 years at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. She served as a nurse manager in the medical, gynecological and obstetric wards,mentoring and assessing KRNCH and BScN.students