Profiles and experiences of women undergoing genital fistula repair: Findings from five countries

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 926-942

  Landry, Evelyn ^a   Frajzyngier, Vera ^a,b   Ruminjo, Joseph ^a   Asiimwe, Frank ^c   Barry, Thierno Hamidou ^d   Bello, Abubakar ^e   Danladi, Dantani ^f   Ganda, Sanda Oumarou ^g   Idris, Sa'ad ^h   Inoussa, Maman ⁱ   Kanoma, Bashir ^h   Lynch, Maura ^j   Mussell, Felicity ^k   Podder, Dulal Chandra ^l   Wali, Abba ^e   Mielke, Erin ^m   Barone, Mark A ^a  

^a ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Kagando Mission Hospital   (Uganda)

^d Prefectoral Hospital of Kissidougou   (Guinea)

^e Maryam Abacha VVF Centre and Women and Children Hospital   (Nigeria)

^f Specialist Fistula Centre Birnin Kebbi   (Nigeria)

^g Lamorde Hospital   (Niger)

^h Faridat Yakubu Hospital   (Nigeria)

ⁱ Maradi Hospital   (Niger)

^j Kitovu Mission Hospital   (Uganda)

^k LAMB Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^l Kumudini Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^m UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

developing countries; genital fistula; patient characteristics; quality of life; socio cultural factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT FISTULA;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FISTULA; GUINEA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NIGER; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84885181899     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.824018     Document Type: Article

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