The determinants of delivery care in Kenya

Article Abstract:

In this article researchers report on the childbirth delivery care systems in Kenya. The research shows child care delivery is based on a variety of factors including socioeconomic and cultural factors, accessibility to health services, and unobserved factors within families and communities.

Health aspects, Statistical Data Included, Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth), Culture, Maternal health services, Cultural policy

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Premarital childbearing in Northwest Kenya: challenging the concept of illegitimacy

Article Abstract:

Data taken from the Turkana pastoralists in northwest Kenya is used to evaluate the hypothesis that the rising rate of premarital fertility in Africa is the result of the breakdown in the family's control over the sexual behavior of adolescents.

Premarital sex, Illegitimacy

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Reproductive change in Zimbabwe and Kenya: the role of proximate determinants in recent fertility trends

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The author analyzes the factors behind the sharp decline in fertility rates in Zimbabwe and Kenya, beginning in the early 1980s. Determining factors cited include rates of marriage, contraception, postpartum amenorrhea, and sterility.

Zimbabwe, Africa

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