Download or read book Recent Experience in Maternal and Child Health in East Africa written by Robert Cook and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recent Experience in Maternal and Child Health in East Africa written by Robert Cook and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recent Experiences in Maternal and Child Health in East Africa written by Robert Cook and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 2 written by Robert Black and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age 5. It also covers maternal mortality, morbidity, stillbirth, and influences to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy. Volume 3 focuses on developments since the publication of DCP2 and will also include the transition to older childhood, in particular, the overlap and commonality with the child development volume. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced three key findings: 1. There is significant difficulty in measuring the burden of key conditions such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, nonsexually transmitted infections, infertility, and violence against women. 2. Investments in the continuum of care can have significant returns for improved and equitable access, health, poverty, and health systems. 3. There is a large difference in how RMNCH conditions affect different income groups; investments in RMNCH can lessen the disparity in terms of both health and financial risk.
Download or read book Mother and Child Health written by Cicely D. Williams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines in detail the problems of mother and child health on an international scale, with particular emphasis on tropical and developing countries.
Download or read book The Effects of Maternal Mortality on Children in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Planning for Health in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays in Child Health and Health Systems in Eastern Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prevailing research pegs health status to a multitude of explanations, with many countries sharing almost similar experiences, depending on their development trajectory. There is consensus that fragility begets substandard health outcomes. This suggests that settings that are embroiled in fragility often experience increased morbid health and deaths (Guha-Sapir et al 2005). Alleviating these adverse health conditions requires addressing the underlying ills of state fragility. Yet, other researchers show that, net of other circumstances, the nature in which the health services are administered to the population substantially influences health (Bossert et al 2003; Bossert and Beauvais 2002). This strand of research emphasizes that good governance in healthcare fundamentally promotes good health. This dissertation augments these research efforts by spatially and periodically mapping child health conditions and linking differentiated health outcomes to health systems in Eastern Africa, focusing primarily on South Sudan and Ethiopia. Looking specifically at infants and children under the age of five, the central objective of this research is to generate empirical evidence that resonates with proximate child health policy interests in the region. This dissertation finds that certain events, such as war, development, spatial heterogeneity, and governance substantially impact health. Finally, the current research could benefit from possible improvements in a number of areas. Primarily, there is need to address one major caveat-lack of information at micro levels in both countries, i.e., local settings. Specifically, future research efforts should pay attention to generating necessary data at these levels for more distilled mortality analyses. In South Sudan, such levels would be counties, payams, and bomas and in Ethiopia, they would include woredas and kebeles. New insights would be useful in two ways. First, they could help map child health conditions at these subnational levels. Secondly, those results could be used to improve health policies at those levels. In addition, evaluating in detail environmental health conditions in South Sudan may help us shed light on urban-rural early age mortality differentials. As well, an analysis on whether peace crowds out humanitarian and international development investments is desired.
Download or read book Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emphasis of the manual is on rapid assessment and decision making. The clinical action steps are based on clinical assessment with limited reliance on laboratory or other tests and most are possible in a variety of clinical settings.
Download or read book Maternal and Child Health in Rural Uganda written by Christine Anne Costello and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the continuum of reproductive health care, antenatal care provides a platform for important health-care functions, including health promotion, screening and diagnosis, and disease prevention. It has been established that, by implementing timely and appropriate evidence-based practices, antenatal care can save lives. Endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General, this is a comprehensive WHO guideline on routine antenatal care for pregnant women and adolescent girls. It aims to complement existing WHO guidelines on the management of specific pregnancy-related complications. The guidance captures the complex nature of the antenatal care issues surrounding healthcare practices and delivery, and prioritizes person-centered health and well-being --- not only the prevention of death and morbidity --- in accordance with a human rights-based approach.
Download or read book Youth Employment in Sub Saharan Africa written by Deon Filmer and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The series is sponsored by the Agence Francaise de Developpement and the World Bank."
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Human Resources written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Open Health Initiative to Improve Reproduction Maternal Newborn and Child Health in the East African Community Partner States written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Rights in Health written by Katherine Elliott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
Download or read book Making pregnancy safer the critical role of the skilled attendant a joint statement by WHO ICM and FIGO written by Organização Mundial da Saúde and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experiences of Nurses and Midwives Regarding Postpartum Care in Rural Kenyan Communities written by Janet Jeruto Kemei and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maternal, neonatal and infant mortality is still high globally, but worse in low-resourced countries such as Kenya. Progress in reducing maternal mortality in Kenya is slow, with an estimated maternal mortality ratio of 400 deaths per 100,000 live births. Similarly, the infant mortality rate is tabulated at 39 deaths per 1000 live births. Given the high prevalence of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in low-income countries such as Kenya, it is vital to maximize nurses' and midwives' capacity to contribute to the reduction of this burden of disease during the perinatal period. As the main healthcare providers in rural Kenyan facilities, nurses and midwives are best positioned to provide effective maternal, newborn, and infant health (MNH) services. They provide both health promotion and disease prevention care throughout pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the early postpartum period. One way of achieving this is through effective postpartum care, a period of perinatal care that is plagued with high rates of pregnancy-related complications. A significant amount of research has been conducted on improving MNH in developing and low- to middle-income countries. However, there is a paucity of literature examining the experiences of nurses and midwives providing postpartum care in these settings. As is evident in the existing literature, nurses' and midwives' experiences and perspectives have not been explored to the fullest. This study, therefore, was guided by critical theory and Foucault's concepts of knowledge and power. Using focused ethnography (FE) as the research methodology, the study had four specific objectives: 1) To describe how the sociopolitical and cultural contexts of healthcare influence the provision of postpartum care by nurses and midwives; 2) To identify the facilitators influencing nurses' and midwives' ability to competently provide postpartum care; 3) To identify the barriers to nurses' and midwives' ability to competently provide postpartum care; and 4) To explicate nurses' and midwives' current knowledge regarding best practices in postpartum care. As consistent with FE methods, this study employed individual in-depth interviews and focus groups to obtain data. Thematic analysis based on Braun and Clarke (2006) was used to analyze data. Credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability were used to ensure the trustworthiness of the research process. The analysis of data generated six themes: 1) Provider-Client Relationships; 2) Fostering a Healthy Work Environment; 3) Barriers to Postpartum Care; 4) Transcending Adversity; 5) Social Support Systems; and 6) Policies and Infrastructure Influencing Postpartum Care. The study findings demonstrated that nurses and midwives providing postpartum care in rural Kenya are the backbone of the healthcare system and greatly influence the health outcomes of the people they serve. Facilitators and barriers to the nurses' and midwives' work while providing postpartum care in this complex environment were identified. In this study, I have shown how gender, class, and power relations may be influencing the perinatal care that the nurses and midwives provide to postpartum women. The study also shines a light on how maternal and infant health may be influenced by power, politics, and policies. Therefore, I propose that use of an intersectionality lens to examine the experiences of nurses and midwives providing perinatal healthcare in rural Kenya could illuminate power dynamics within the healthcare sector. This study recommends relevant education, healthcare policies, and practice guidelines that support building the capacity of nurses and midwives through an inclusive, structured process, creating a robust environment in leadership, education, research, and nursing/midwifery practice.
