dc.contributor.author | Kamau, Agnes N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-10T08:04:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-10T08:04:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/21120 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study "The status of Women's Participation in Community
Based Health Care, in Lake Kenyatta Settlement Scheme, Lamu
District" involved interviews and intensive informal discussions
with 345 women aged 15-49. The study's major objective was to
look into the nature actions taken by women in their homes as
primary preventive health measures and the factors which
influence the actions in question. The major hypothses that for
the study was that women's health actions or practices lagged far
behind their knowledge, that is, there was a dicrepancy between
knowledge, attitudes and practices.
The study sample was selected through systematic and simple
random sampling.
Theories of social change and modernization were used to explain
factors that influence people's health seeking behavior and how
these relate to community based health care or primary health
care.
The study found an improvement in some of the primary preventive
measures taken by women but knowledge levels were found to be
much higher than the practices in all the measures looked into
wi tl:l an exception of clinically based prevention like
immunization. The relationship between the community based health
workers (CBHWs) and the community women was found to be poor.
There was a problem of incentives for the community health
workers. Women's groups were found to be a good channel for
educating members on health issues.
The study recommended that ;UL community based health care to be
sustained, peoples attitudes must effectively change to allow
application of the knowledge gained; the relationship between
CBHWs and the women should be improved and when training
community members, CBHWs should use a more participatory approach
which is learner centred allowing people to understand the link
between their behavior and disease patterns. ~~e settlers should
be encouraged to form such social groups as women's groups
through which they can jointly identify community problems. For
CBHC to gain strong community support there is need for a strong
Village Health committee (VHC) which should be initiated and
supported by the community members themselves. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Status of Women's Participation in Community-Based Health Care | en |
dc.subject | Kenyatta Settlement Scheme | en |
dc.title | The Status of Women's Participation in Community-Based Health Care in Lake Kenyatta Settlement Scheme Lamu District | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of sociology | en |