عنوان

A Phenomenological Study of Infant Mortality Rates in Nigeria:

شماره

TLpq2491969941

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

A Phenomenological Study of Infant Mortality Rates in Nigeria:

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Adelakun, Olasumbo

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

The Gaps in Healthcare Policy

نام ساير پديدآوران

Polka, Walter

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Niagara University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2020

نام خاص و کميت اثر

172

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Niagara University

امتياز متن

2020

متن يادداشت

Infant mortality rates (IMR) are indicators of a nation's health status and well-being and sadly, this menace and public health issue has been and is still a major cause for concern in Nigeria. Despite numerous attempts and interventions put in place to combat it, no significant progress has been made in this area to date. The challenges in Nigeria's healthcare system have been evident for many years, resulting in its ranking at 187 amongst 191 United Nations member states by the World Health Organization in 2000. Today, IMR in the country is estimated to be 69.8 deaths per 1000 live births or 1 in every fifteen Nigerian children dying before reaching the age of one. This is approximately 21 times the average rate in developed nations (World Population Review, 2019). It is therefore crucial to conduct research that will support the strategic planning of interventional programs which will greatly improve the survival chances of infants in the country. In order to create effective healthcare policies or to design programs and interventions that work, research-based evidence is required to determine factors attributable to the causes of the high number of infant deaths in the region. Through a phenomenological qualitative approach, this researcher explored determinants of the phenomenon through the eyes of mothers who have experienced the loss of an infant in this environment as a result of gaps in the healthcare policy. Results of the study revealed that records of infant deaths are not kept in semi-rural and rural communities. Therefore, these numbers do not count towards overall estimates of infant mortality rates across the country. Also, the results identified that some of the major determinants of the high incidence of infant deaths include the following: the continued utilization of untrained traditional birth attendants for pre-and postnatal and infant care, out-of-pocket medical expenses, and a weak and decaying healthcare system. At the conclusion of the study, insights were provided as to the type of interventions that can significantly reduce infant mortality rates in the country and ways that these can be implemented through existing healthcare policy. This study also provides recommendations for future research into other contributory factors to the high incidence of infant mortality.

موضوع مستند نشده

Health care management

موضوع مستند نشده

Public health

موضوع مستند نشده

Public policy

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Adelakun, Olasumbo

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Polka, Walter

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y