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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Maternal mortality among adolescent women in Jos, North-Central, Nigeria
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Volume 25, No. 1, Year 2005
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Description
The adolescent maternal mortality ratio is high in Jos, north-central Nigeria. The main causes of maternal deaths among the adolescents were unsafe abortion, eclampsia and sepsis. The Hausa/Fulani ethnic group constituted the largest ethnic group of adolescent maternal deaths in our study. The risk factors for adolescent maternal mortality found in our study were illiteracy, non-utilisation of antenatal services and Hausa/Fulani ethnic group. © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ujah, Innocent Achaya Otobo
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
United States, New York
Unicef
Aisien, O. A.
Nigeria, Benin
University of Benin
Mutihir, Josiah Turi
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
VanderJagt, Dorothy Joan
United States, Albuquerque
Unm School of Medicine
Glew, Robert Hayes
United States, Albuquerque
Unm School of Medicine
Uguru, Valentine E.
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/01443610400023395
ISSN:
01443615
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Locations
Nigeria
Participants Gender
Female