KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND PRACTICES OF WOMEN ON BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COMPLICATION READINESS AT KASOA POLYCLINIC

Childbirth is one of the most painful and stressful events in a woman’s life. Most women perceive labour and childbirth as the most severe and distressing experience they may encounter in life. Majority of the maternal deaths have been associated directly or indirectly with pregnancy and childbirth such as unsafe abortion, severe bleeding, infection, hypertensive disorders, and obstructed labour among those pregnant women who received poor health care service or inadequate care. This in-depth medical research which comprises five chapters provides refined findings, knowledge and practices of Women on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness .