The Road to Maternal Death In Rural Southwest Ethiopia

The study explored cultural beliefs and practices contributing to maternal deaths together with maternal deaths reviews as testimonial. Six maternal deaths were retrospectively observed in rural southwest Ethiopia. Four of the 6 deaths occurred due to direct obstetric causes. Substandard primary and...

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Autores principales: Deribe, Kebede, Biadgilign, Sibhatu, Amberbir, Alemayehu, Belachew, Tefera, Woldemichael, Kifle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2010
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22434963
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author Deribe, Kebede
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Belachew, Tefera
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description The study explored cultural beliefs and practices contributing to maternal deaths together with maternal deaths reviews as testimonial. Six maternal deaths were retrospectively observed in rural southwest Ethiopia. Four of the 6 deaths occurred due to direct obstetric causes. Substandard primary and referral care, not understanding the severity of the problem, and lack of transport were the major themes identified as contributing factors. The result highlighted the need to improving primary health care, to strengthen referral system and community education.
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spelling pubmed-32758962012-03-20 The Road to Maternal Death In Rural Southwest Ethiopia Deribe, Kebede Biadgilign, Sibhatu Amberbir, Alemayehu Belachew, Tefera Woldemichael, Kifle Ethiop J Health Sci Brief Communication The study explored cultural beliefs and practices contributing to maternal deaths together with maternal deaths reviews as testimonial. Six maternal deaths were retrospectively observed in rural southwest Ethiopia. Four of the 6 deaths occurred due to direct obstetric causes. Substandard primary and referral care, not understanding the severity of the problem, and lack of transport were the major themes identified as contributing factors. The result highlighted the need to improving primary health care, to strengthen referral system and community education. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2010-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3275896/ /pubmed/22434963 Text en Copyright © Jimma University, Research & Publications Office 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The Road to Maternal Death In Rural Southwest Ethiopia
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