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A Social Worker's Investigation of Childbirth Injured Women in Northern Nigeria
Contributor(s): Onolemhemhen, Durrenda Nash (Author)

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 ISBN: 0761830839     ISBN-13: 9780761830832
Publisher: University Press of America
OUR PRICE: $51.44  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2005
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Annotation: A Social Worker's Investigation of Childbirth Injured Women in Northern Nigeria investigates Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF), a childbirth injury commonly found among younger adolescent wives in northern Nigeria. Examining the problem from a social worker's perspective, this timely work focuses on VVF as it relates to the social and ecological environment of the affected women. This comprehensive study defines and describes VVF as it manifests itself in Africa, explores the history and epidemiology of the condition and its treatment, and describes the affected women and how their position in society predisposed them to childbirth injury.
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BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Women's Health - General
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
Dewey: 362.198
LCCN: 2005930133
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.42 lbs) 120 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Health & Fitness
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps
 
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A Social Worker's Investigation of Childbirth Injured Women in Northern Nigeria investigates Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF), a childbirth injury commonly found among younger adolescent wives in northern Nigeria. Women with fistulae continuously drip urine. Their offensive odor often leads to life as social outcasts. Millions of women across Africa and the developing world suffer from this condition, but it is preventable and curable. This work examines the problem from the perspective of a social worker. It is not intended as a medical treatise, but instead deals with the condition from an ecological perspective using a systems approach. Its focus is on VVF as it relates to the social environment of the affected women. The author defines and describes VVF as it manifests itself in Africa, along with the history and epidemiology of the condition and its treatment. It describes the life course of Hausa women who are most affected by VVF in northern Nigeria and how their position in society predisposed them to childbirth injury. Testimonials of the victims about their struggles of survival and their road to a cure are narrated. Short and long term preventive measures are given. The empowerment of northern Nigerian women for the eradication of this condition is a fundamental and underlying theme of this work.
 
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