Full Description
This book applies a multi-disciplinary lens to examine obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury that results from prolonged, obstructed labor. While obstetric fistula can be prevented with emergency obstetric care, it continues to occur primarily in resource-limited settings. In this volume, specialists in the anthropological, psychological, public health, and biomedical disciplines, as well as health policy experts and representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations discuss a scoping overview on obstetric fistula, including prevention, treatment, and reducing stigma for survivors. This comprehensive resource is useful in understanding the risk factors, epidemiology, and social, psychological, and medical effects of obstetric fistula.
Topics explored include:
A Human Rights Approach Toward Eradicating Obstetric Fistula
Obstetric Fistula: A Case of Miscommunication - Social Experiences of Women with Obstetric Fistula
Classification of Female Genital Tract Fistulas
Training and Capacity-Building in the Provision of Fistula Treatment Services
Designing Preventive Strategies for Obstetric Fistula
Sexual Function in Women with Obstetric Fistula
Social and Reproductive Health of Women After Obstetric Fistula Repair
Making the Case for Holistic Fistula Care
Addressing Mental Health in Obstetric Fistula Patients
Physical Therapy for Women with Obstetric Fistula
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Obstetric Fistula in Africa is designed for professional use by NGOs, international aid organizations, governmental and multilateral agencies, healthcare providers, public health specialists, anthropologists, and others who aim to improve maternal health across the globe. Although the book's geographic focus is Africa, it may serve as a useful resource for individuals who aim to address obstetricfistula in other settings. The book may also be used as an educational tool in courses/programs that focus on Global Health, Maternal and Child Health, Epidemiology, Medical Anthropology, Gender/Women's Studies, Obstetrics, Global Medicine, Nursing, and Midwifery.
Contents
Introduction to Obstetric Fistula: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Preventable Childbirth Tragedy.- A Human Rights Approach toward Eradicating Obstetric Fistula: Expanding Data Collection, Prevention, Treatment, and Continuing Support for Women and Girls Who Have Been Neglected.- Archaeological Basis for Obstetrical Fistula: A Condition That is as Ancient as Human Themselves.- Obstetric Fistula in Context.- Co-occurrence of Obstetric Fistula and Stillbirth in Sub-Saharan Africa.- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Obstetric Fistula in Africa: Public Health, Sociological and Medical Perspectives.- Women Who Lose Their Lives While Giving Life: Exploring Obstetric Fistula As a Public Health Problem in Kenya.- Obstetric Fistula: A Case of Miscommunication. Social Experiences of Women with Obstetric Fistula.- The Experience of Childbirth and Obstetric Fistula: Perspectives of Women in Northern Ghana.- The Experiences of Women Living with Obstetric Fistula in Burkina Faso: FromDelivery to Social Reinsertion.- Girls' and Women's Social Experiences with Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania: A Public Health Problem.- Physical, Psychological and Social Assessments of Fistula Recovery Among Women in Nigeria and Uganda.- Socio-Economic and Healthcare Causes of Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania: Perspectives from the Affected Women.- Health Seeking Behavior Among Women with Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia.- Classification of Female Genital Tract Fistulas.- Surgical Treatment for Obstetric Fistula: Not an Easy Option.- Obstetric Vesicovaginal Fistula: Development of a Predictive Score of FailedSurgical Repair.- Training and Capacity Building in the Provision of Fistula Treatment Services-The FIGO Fistula Surgery Training Initiative.- Medical and Surgical Challenges and Opportunities for Treatment at the Aberdeen Women's Centre in Sierra Leone.- Comparing Three Models of Fistula CareAmong FiveFacilities in Nigeria and Uganda.- Obstetric Fistula in the Democratic Republic of theCongo: Neglected Care of Young Women in Rural Areas.- Therapeutic Management of Obstetric Fistula: Learning from Implementation of Insertable Devices to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.- The Aberdeen Women's Centre - Providing Care for Girls and Women with Fistula and Other Conditions in Sierra Leone.- Height and external measurement of pelvic diameters to predict obstetric fistula in Congolese women: a case-control study.- Designing Preventive Strategies for Obstetric Fistula: Evidence from a Survey Conducted Among Rural and Urban Women in BurkinaFaso.- Sexual Function in Women with Obstetric Fistulas.- Social and Reproductive Health of Women After Obstetric Fistula Repair: Insights from Guinea.- Urinary Incontinence Following Obstetric Fistula Surgery.- A Multidisciplinary Approachto Obstetric Fistula in Northern Ghana: "Not Counted Among Women".- Making the case for holistic fistula care: Implementation of a model reintegration program in Uganda.- Addressing Mental Health in Obstetric Fistula Patients : Filling the Void.- Physical Therapy for Women with Obstetric Fistula.- Comprehensive Pelvic Floor Health : Beyond the "Hole" in the Wall.
