| dc.contributor.author | Sanghvi, H C | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T13:56:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T13:56:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1983 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Master of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24985 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Data on teenage pregnancy collected during a cross
sectional study of all deliveries occuring in the city
of Nairobi between June and August 1981 is presented.
The incidence of teenage pregnancy was 18.6%. The ante-
natal care was generally of poor quality. High incidences
of anaemia, syphillis and hypertensive disease of pregnancy
were found. Labour was uncomplicated in the majority of
the cases. The incidence of low birth weight babies was
17.7% which is twice the incidence found in the total
obstetric population. Perinatal mortality and morbidity
were 45/1000 and 69/1000 respectively. These rates were
found to be higher than in the total obstetric population.
Contraceptive usage was only found in 2.2%.
The health implications of teenage pregnancy are
discussed. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Case records and commentaries in obstetrics and gynaecology | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |
