Journal of Women's Health Care
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Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Kenyatta University, Kenya

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• Research   
  Quality of Health Care Provided to Mothers During Immediate Postpartum Period at Health Facilities in Kakamega County, Kenya
  Author(s): Obulemire Edriey Ronniey*, James Ogutu, Gilbert Munyoki and Monicah Wambugu
  
  Health care workers have an important role in reducing the high maternal and infant mortality rates in Kenya. Of concern is that majority of the deaths occur during the immediate postpartum period and thus need to study quality of care provided during this delicate period. Kakamega County in Kenya was selected because it ranked the third countrywide according to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey report with infant mortality rates of 65 per a thousand live births and 319 maternal mortality rates per a hundred thousand (UNFPA / UNICEF/ WHO /World Bank, 2015).Socio-demographic factors, knowledge and health services provided during the immediate postpartum period were evaluated from a the recipient of health care service perspective, in this case the mothers. A crosssectional descriptive study design to collect quantitative data was adopted. Self-administered questionnaires were utiliz.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0420.23.12.696

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