INFLUENCE OF LIFE SAVING SKILLS (LSS) BY TRAINED NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BAUCHI STATE
INFLUENCE OF LIFE SAVING SKILLS (LSS) BY TRAINED NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BAUCHI STATE
| dc.contributor.author | TUKUR, BABAYO MUHAMMAD | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-15T07:25:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-05-15T07:25:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-01 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTER DEGREE IN HEALTH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA JANUARY, 2009 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Skilled care during pregnancy, child delivery, and immediately after the delivery is important because it saves lives of millions of women and newborns and prevent serious and hard to predict complications during pregnancy, delivery or immediately after delivery. Life Saving Skills (LSS) has been in practice by nurses, since 1992, to address maternal mortality and morbidity. However, it is not clear as to what extent the training of nurses and midwives in LSS has contributed to the reduction of maternal mortality in Bauchi state. This study was conducted to find out the influence of nurses and midwives trained in LSS on Maternal Mortality in Bauchi state. To achieve the purpose of the study a questionnaire on a contribution of midwives and nurses trained in LSS was prepared and standardized. The questionnaire contained five sectionssection one on demography’s of the respondents and two to four on contribution of LSS trained midwives and nurses to reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity in Bauchi state. The questionnaire was administered on 522 randomly selected respondents, who consisted of clients and LSS trained midwives and nurses, 470 respondents duely filled in the questionnaire. The information thus received was statistically analysed the result which revealed the following: The respondents perceived that: 1. The LSS trained nurse and midwives contributed to provision of quality ante natal care. 2. The LSS trained nurses and midwives contributed significantly to provision of skilled attendance at birth which results into safe delivery and pueperium whose reduce maternal death. Based on the research findings the following recommendations were made: -The state and local governments should ensure health education and public enlightment of the communities about the contribution of LSS trained nurses and midwives to maternity services. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4752 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | INFLUENCE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | LIFE SAVING SKILLS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NURSES, | en_US |
| dc.subject | MIDWIVES, | en_US |
| dc.subject | MATERNAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | MORTALITY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | BAUCHI STATE | en_US |
| dc.title | INFLUENCE OF LIFE SAVING SKILLS (LSS) BY TRAINED NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BAUCHI STATE | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |