‘I stayed with my illness’: a grounded theory study of health seeking behaviour and treatment pathways of patients with obstetric fistula in Kenya

‘I stayed with my illness’: a grounded theory study of health seeking behaviour and treatment pathways of patients with obstetric fistula in Kenya

Abstract Background Obstetric fistula classic symptoms of faecal and urinary incontinence cause women to live with social stigma, isolation, psychological trauma and lose their source of livelihoods. There is a paucity of studies on the health seeking behaviour trajectories of women with fistula ill...

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Main Authors: Anne M. Khisa, Grace M. Omoni, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Rachel F. Spitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
Subjects:
Obstetric fistula
Health seeking behaviour
Grounded theory
Narratives
Kenya
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-017-0451-6

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