dc.contributor.author | Kamau, Teresiah W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-24T06:45:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-24T06:45:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/105402 | |
dc.description.abstract | A report by the Kenya’s Ministry of Health (2016) shows that Samburu County is one of the
counties in Kenya with a high burden of poor maternal and child health outcomes, low coverage
rates and large underserved populations. The quality of health care services in Samburu County
was rated good but attendance on antenatal and post-natal clinics was too low. Most of the
empirical evidence and arguments across the world suggest that maternal shelters save mothers
and children’s lives. However, little quantitative research has been conducted to assess the
utilization of skilled delivery attendance from maternal shelters specifically in Kenya. This
research sought to address this gap in knowledge. The study focused on the effect of the utilization
of skilled delivery attendance from maternal shelters in Samburu County, North Rift Valley Kenya.
The objectives of the study were to assess the level of community awareness of maternal shelter
interventions in Samburu County: to determine the effectiveness of maternal shelter services in
improving access to skilled delivery attendance in Samburu County and to establish the key factors
influencing the utilization of maternal shelters among women in Samburu County. The
methodology used in the study was a descriptive design; simple random sampling was used to
identify the study respondents. The study found that 52% of the respondents were aware of
maternal shelters, more than half of them reported that the services at the maternal shelters were
effective and a majority 43% reported that it enhanced utilization of skilled birth attendance. The
study concluded that maternal shelter awareness and effective services at the shelters enhanced
utilization of skilled delivery attendance from maternal shelters. The study recommends that there
is need to adopt a multi- sectorial approach to holistically address the factors that negatively
influence maternal shelter utilization. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | The Utilization of Skilled Delivery Attendance From Maternal Shelters in Samburu County, North Rift Valley, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |