Background: variances amongst the cultures of health care services providers and consumers are recognized as a fundamental obstacle for dignified quality maternal care. Few studies have exploited context specific innovations such as cultural competence to reduce health disparitie...
Introduction: Quality of care is acknowledged as a critical facet of the unfinished maternal and newborn health agenda. Yet modalities of reorienting maternity services to respectful services are rare. This study investigated the effect of training health workers in cultural comp...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430832
Background: Recognition of the vulnerabilities and differentials in maternal indicator is a pressing concern throughout safe motherhood literature. Uptake of skilled delivery by women in Marakwet remain 44%, compared to the national rate of 68%. Accountability for improving mater...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i730309
Introduction: In the populous Nairobi peri-urban setting, growth assessment of children, under five years of age is wanting (20%). Stunting, wasting and underweight were 17.2%, 2.5% and 3.8% respectively against the national statistics of 27%, 11% and 4%. A study was undertaken t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/44728
Introduction: The first 42 days after delivery is a critical period in the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Most maternal and infant deaths occur during this time. The government of Kenya has recommended that all mothers and newborns receive three postnatal (PNC) checkups...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32196