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Community and Provider Perceptions of Traditional and Skilled Birth Attendants Providing Maternal Health Care for Pastoralist Communities in Kenya: A Qualitative Study
(BioMed Central, 2016-03-01)Background Kenya has a high burden of maternal and newborn mortality. Consequently, the Government of Kenya introduced health system reforms to promote the availability of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and proscribed ... -
Facility Factors Influencing Utilization of Active Management of Third Stage of Labour Among Skilled Birth Attendants in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)Introduction: Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH) accounts for 34% of maternal deaths in Kenya. Active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL) is a World Health Organization and Ministry of Health of Kenya approved protocol ... -
Factors Influencing Place of Delivery for Pastoralist Women in Kenya: A Qualitative Study
(2016)Background: Kenya’s high maternal mortality ratio can be partly explained by the low proportion of women delivering in health facilities attended by skilled birth attendants (SBAs). Many women continue to give birth at ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Traditional Birth Attendants in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu Counties, Kenya: a Cross-sectional Survey
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)Introduction: current efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality focus on promoting institutional deliveries with skilled birth attendants (SBAs), and discouraging deliveries at home attended by traditional birth ... -
Walking Together: Towards a Collaborative Model for Maternal Health Care in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu, Kenya
(10/1/2017)Purpose: In 2009 the Kenyan Government introduced health system reforms to address persistently high maternal and newborn mortality including deployment of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) to health facilities in remote ...