The Effects of Gender-Based Violence on Maternal and Neonatal Health Among Women of Reproductive Age Seeking Services at the Gender-Based Violence Recovery Center at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital

Authors

Mana Tezuka, SIT Study AbroadFollow

Home Institution

Syracuse University

Publication Date

Fall 2022

Program Name

Kenya: Global Health and Human Rights

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide recent data analysis on the patients that come in to seek services at the Gender-Based Violence Recovery Center at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. The demographic features that will be analyzed include age, gender, pregnancy status, and follow-up trends. There will be an in-depth case study that will look at the perspective of a patient that experienced forms of gender-based violence during and after her pregnancy and the perspective of the counsellor assigned to this patient’s case. There will also be an analysis on an interview conducted with the nurse-in-charge at the center to understand the history of the center and what kind of improvements have been seen and what will hopefully be seen in the future. This study will highlight the weaknesses and strengths of the center.

Disciplines

African Studies | Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence | Maternal and Child Health | Women's Studies

Recommended Citation

Tezuka, Mana, "The Effects of Gender-Based Violence on Maternal and Neonatal Health Among Women of Reproductive Age Seeking Services at the Gender-Based Violence Recovery Center at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital" (2022). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3543.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3543