Opondo Awiti-Ujiji
Biographic Data
| ID | 7561323 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Opondo Awiti-Ujiji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Opondo |
| FAMILY NAME | Awiti-Ujiji |
| SIGNATURE | AWITI-UJIJI O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Being perceived as ‘a real woman’ or following one's own convictions
Despite potentially playing a key role in improving maternal and child health, including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, health facility delivery rates remain low in Kenya. Understanding how place of childbirth is determined is therefore important when developing interventions to improve safe motherhood and childbirth outcomes. As part of a qualitative study, we conducted 25 in-depth interviews with mothers (13) and…
Keeping healthy in the backseat’
Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness is less documented. This study explores how motherhood in newly delivered HIV-infected mothers in Kenya interrupted their antiretroviral treatment (ART). Qualitative interviews were performed with 26 mothers on ART in a rural or u…
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Keeping healthy in the backseat’
Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness is less documented. This study explores how motherhood in newly delivered HIV-infected mothers in Kenya interrupted their antiretroviral treatment (ART). Qualitative interviews were performed with 26 mothers on ART in a rural or u…
Being perceived as ‘a real woman’ or following one's own convictions
Despite potentially playing a key role in improving maternal and child health, including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, health facility delivery rates remain low in Kenya. Understanding how place of childbirth is determined is therefore important when developing interventions to improve safe motherhood and childbirth outcomes. As part of a qualitative study, we conducted 25 in-depth interviews with mothers (13) and…
Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Childbirth (1 work)