Community and provider perceptions of traditional and skilled birth attendants providing maternal health care for pastoralist communities in Kenya: a qualitative study
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- 作者：Abbey Byrne ; Tanya Caulfield ; Pamela Onyo ; Josephat Nyagero…
- 关键词：Maternal health ; Newborn health ; Skilled birth attendants ; Traditional birth attendants ; Health systems ; Pastoralist communities ; Kenya
- 刊名：BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：485 KB
- 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Maternal and Child Health; Gynecology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2393
文摘
Background Kenya has a high burden of maternal and newborn mortality. Consequently, the Government of Kenya introduced health system reforms to promote the availability of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and proscribed deliveries by traditional birth attendants (TBAs). Despite these changes, only 10 % of women from pastoralist communities are delivered by an SBA in a health facility, and the majority are delivered by TBAs at home. The aim of this study is to better understand the practices and perceptions of TBAs and SBAs serving the remotely located, semi-nomadic, pastoralist communities of Laikipia and Samburu counties in Kenya, to inform the development of an SBA/TBA collaborative care model.