Maureen Dar Iang

Assessment of antenatal and obstetric care services in a rural district of Nepal

Dissertationsschrift

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides a thorough analysis of maternity services in Nepal. The following issues are highlighted: Low acceptance and use of antenatal care; risk approach and screening; reasons and extent of use of hospital-based obstetric care; quality of care and health worker - client interaction. This is complemented by a community-based study, addressing the community, perception of pregnancy-related problems, choice of care-giver and the communities' assessment of modern maternity services.

Produktdetails

• Medizin in Entwicklungsländern 45
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 34718
• Neuausg.
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 10mm x 148mm x 210mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9783631347188
• ISBN-10: 3631347189
• Artikelnr.: 44077435

Autorenporträt

The Author: Maureen Dar Iang studied medicine at Yangoon University, Myanmar, and worked as medical officer in a rural hospital. After postgraduate education in community health and health management she acquired a Master of Science degree in 1996. 1997 she took the degree of a doctor in medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Presently she works as a medical officer in a rural hospital in Nepal.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Maternity Services in rural Nepal - Infrastructure and organisation of services - Service performance - Management and outcome at referal level - Determinants of utilisation by the community - Influence of culture and tradition.