Maternal and Child Health in Rural Kenya: An Epidemiological Study
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0709926081
ISBN 13
9780709926085
Category
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Publication Year
1984
Publisher
Pages
373
Subject
Children--Diseases--Kenya--Machakos (District)
Abstract
This book is based on a longitudinal, multi-disciplinary, population-based research study conducted in the Machakos district, a rural area of Kenya. The purposes of the project were to obtain accurate data on morbidity and mortality from a number of acute infectious childhood diseases and on the outcome of pregnancy; to investigate nutritional factors and those of the social, biological and physical environment which may have a bearing on the observed disease pattern; and to develop a system of registration of births, deaths and morbidity suitable for use in an area of limited resources.
Data for this study was collected over a seven-year period and the book has major implications for those concerned with health care in less-developed countries.
Data for this study was collected over a seven-year period and the book has major implications for those concerned with health care in less-developed countries.
Number of Copies
1
