dc.contributor.author | Tomedi, Angelo | |
dc.contributor.author | Mwanthi, Mutuku A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tucker, Katherine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-25T08:52:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 120 (2013) 152- 155 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11106 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23195287 | |
dc.description | A strategy to increase the number of deliveries with skilled birth attendants in Kenya | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To increase the number of deliveries with skilled birth attendants (SEAs) in Kenyan health facili¬ties, with assistance from traditional birth attendants (TBAs). MetllOds: In the Yatta district of Kenya, TEAs were recruited to attend meetings in which they were encouraged to educate pregnant women about the importance of delivering in health facilities; they were offered a small stipend for each pregnant woman they brought to a facility for SBA delivery. The primary outcome was the percentage of prenatal care patients who delivered at intervention health facilities compared with control facilities. Results: During the year preceding the intervention, 102/524 (19.5%) and 413/2068 (20.0%) prenatal care patients had SBA deliveries at intervention and control facilities, respectively, During the t-year study period, 217/440 (49.3%) prenatal care patients delivered at intervention health facilities and 415/1995 (20.8%) delivered at control facilities (P<O.OOl). Deliveries at intervention facilities increased 113% in the study year compared with the preceding year. Conclusion: The rate of SBA births in health facilities increased when TBAs were recruited and compensated for bringing women to local health facilities to deliver.
© 2012 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Ali rights reserved, | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Ireland Ltd. | en |
dc.subject | Kenya Maternal health Skilled birth attendant Traditional birth attendant | en |
dc.title | A strategy to increase the number of deliveries with skilled birth attendants in Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.embargo.terms | 6 months | en |
local.publisher | School of Public Health, University of Nairobi, | en |
local.publisher | University of New Mexico Scl100l of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA | en |
local.publisher | Department of family and Community Medicine. University of New Mexico School oj Medicine, Albuquerque, USA | en |