影响尼日利亚产妇死亡率的社会经济和文化因素。

C. Muoghalu
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产妇死亡率问题一直是非常热门的话题,因为最近的重点是可持续发展,而且因为许多发展中国家的产妇死亡率非常高。尼日利亚的产妇死亡率非常高,是世界上产妇死亡率最高的国家之一。文化和社会因素加剧了尼日利亚的这一问题。本文回顾了贫困、缺乏教育、文化饮食禁忌和性别关系对尼日利亚孕产妇死亡率的影响。该综述是利用有关该主题的现有文献进行的。人们发现,许多妇女是文盲,这影响了她们的知识水平和接触程度,也影响了她们的收入水平,所有这些都影响了她们的营养状况。这种情况也影响到他们作为人行使其权利的能力。此外,政府医院对使用者收费的做法使许多妇女负担不起费用,使她们光顾信仰诊所和传统医生,因此发生了许多本可避免的死亡。研究还发现,性别关系对妇女的生活机会和怀孕结果以及妇女的总体健康也是一个非常重要的因素。因此得出的结论是,尼日利亚的高产妇死亡率是这些社会文化因素造成的。如果尼日利亚真正真诚地遏制高产妇死亡率的威胁,就应该解决这些因素和问题。关键词:孕产妇死亡率、贫困、教育、文化、性别、就业。
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Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors in Maternal Mortality in Nigeria.
The issue of maternal mortality has been very topical due to recent focus on sustainable development and because of the fact that maternal mortality is very high in many developing countries. In Nigeria, maternal mortality is very high and one of the highest in the world. There are cultural and social factors that exacerbate the problem in Nigeria. This paper reviews the influence of poverty, lack of education, cultural food taboos and gender relations on maternal mortality in Nigeria. The review was done using existing literatures on the subject. It was found that many women are illiterates and this affects their level of knowledge and exposure and also their level of income and all these impinge on their nutritional status. This situation also affects their ability to exercise their rights as human beings. Moreover, the introduction of user charges in government hospitals made unafordable for many women and make them patronize faith clinics and traditional medical practitioners and in this way, many avoidable deaths occur. The gender relations was also found to be a very important factor in life chances and pregnancy outcomes of women and women‟s health generally. It was therefore concluded that the high maternal mortality in Nigeria is as a result of these socio cultural factors. These factors and issues should be addressed if Nigeria is truly sincere in curbing the menace of high maternal mortality. Key words : maternal mortality, poverty, education, culture, gender and employment.
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