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To examine poor urban Kenyan women's lived experiences and perspectives regarding the mechanisms connecting economic disadvantage to adverse maternal outcomes.

December 1, 2010BMC Women s HealthOpen Access

Women, poverty and adverse maternal outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya

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CIChimaraoke IzugbaraInternational Center for Research on Women DNDavid NgilangwaUniversity of the Western Cape

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Qualitative study uncovers heavy workloads and partner violence as maternal risks in impoverished women, suggesting maternal healthcare must address broader livelihood conditions.

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To examine poor urban Kenyan women's lived experiences and perspectives regarding the mechanisms connecting economic disadvantage to adverse maternal outcomes.
Secondary qualitative analysis of focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews.
Conducted with women living in two informal settlements (slums) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Participants linked poverty directly to adverse maternal outcomes primarily via burdensome physical labor and excessive workloads throughout pregnancy.
Severe economic deprivation was described as exacerbating intimate partner violence and subjecting women to hostile, degrading treatment by healthcare service providers.

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Izugbara et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7bfbd00bfa86fad9c655df https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-10-33

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Qualitative study uncovers heavy workloads and partner violence as maternal risks in impoverished women, suggesting maternal healthcare must address broader livelihood conditions.

Women, poverty and adverse maternal outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya

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Women, poverty and adverse maternal outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya

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