Home Institution
Emory University
Publication Date
Fall 2010
Abstract
This study focuses on this complex array of factors that affect women’s decisions or abilities to go to a local clinic, a Centre de Santé Communitaire (CSCOM), to give birth. The influence of money, distance from a CSCOM, and beliefs about the CSCOM and modern medicine are all investigated, as well as an open discussion about the decision and ability surrounding place of delivery.Both qualitative and quantitative data is gathered through interviews regarding these factors to allow for a broad range of data analysis; interviews are used to communicate directly with the women, and to obtain a more thorough understanding of the reasons women themselves report for giving birth at a clinic or at home.
Disciplines
Maternal and Child Health | Public Health
Recommended Citation
Preslar, Jessica, "Midwives, Rain, and Donkey Carts: Factors Affecting Women’s Decisions to Deliver at Home or at a Clinic in Rural Mali" (2010). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 906.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/906
Program Name
Mali: Health, Gender, and Community Empowerment