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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Culture and Reproductive Health: The politics of pregnancy and Childbirth among the Luo of Western Kenya

Name: Culture and Reproductive Health: The politics of pregnancy and Childbirth among the Luo of Western Kenya
Brand: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

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Reproductive health and more so pregnancy and childbirth are clouded in culture and related practices. Healthcare utilization patterns are therefore, cultural in nature. In this study, pregnancy was put under a cultural microscope and the arena in which it is experienced examined. The study reveals the decision making pattern in the Luo community and concludes that women are constrained in their decision making and are subjects of patriarchal control spearheaded by the husbands and mothers-in-law. What is considered their inability to attend health care facilities is seen as a form of resistance to medical control and the urge to be in charge of their lives. The study recommends that different approaches that take into account the women's lived experiences are needed if safe motherhood is to be realised.

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Brand: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Format: paperback
ASIN: 3848441551
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 04 July 2012
Listed Since: 06 July 2012

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