All Outputs (48)

Unplanned childbearing in Kenya: the socio-demographic correlates and the extent of repeatability among women (2002)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. (2003). Unplanned childbearing in Kenya: the socio-demographic correlates and the extent of repeatability among women. Social science & medicine, 56(1), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536%2802%2900018-7

Unplanned pregnancies account for a substantial proportion of births in Kenya and can have a variety of negative consequences on individual women, their families, and the society as a whole. This paper examines the correlates of mistimed and unwanted... Read More about Unplanned childbearing in Kenya: the socio-demographic correlates and the extent of repeatability among women.

Analysis of factors associated with maternal mortality in Kenyan hospitals (2001)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., Diamond, I., & Madise, N. (2001). Analysis of factors associated with maternal mortality in Kenyan hospitals. Journal of biosocial science, 33(3), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932001003753

This paper examines the association of the sociodemographic characteristics of women and the unobserved hospital factors with maternal mortality in Kenya using multilevel logistic regression. The data analysed comprise hospital records for 58,151 obs... Read More about Analysis of factors associated with maternal mortality in Kenyan hospitals.

Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya (2001)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., Madise, N., & Diamond, I. (2001). Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Journal of biosocial science, 33(2), 199-225. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932001001997

Studies addressing factors associated with adverse birth outcomes have almost exclusively been based on hospital statistics. This is a serious limitation in developing countries where the majority of births do not occur within health facilities. This... Read More about Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya.

The determinants of delivery care in Kenya (2000)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., Diamond, I., & Rodrigues, R. N. (2000). The determinants of delivery care in Kenya. Biodemography and Social Biology, 47(3-4), 164-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2000.9989017

This paper examines the determinants of place of delivery and childbirth attendant in Kenya based on the 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data. The analysis utilizes multilevel logistic and multilevel multinomial regression models for the pla... Read More about The determinants of delivery care in Kenya.

Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities (2000)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A., Madise, N. J., & Rodrigues, R. N. (2000). Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities. Social science & medicine, 51(4), 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536%2899%2900495-5

Appropriate antenatal care is important in identifying and mitigating risk factors in pregnancy but many mothers in the developing world do not receive such care. This paper uses data from the 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey to study the var... Read More about Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities.

The impact of AIDS on some urban households in Kenya with particular reference to female headed households (1992)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. (1992). The impact of AIDS on some urban households in Kenya with particular reference to female headed households. African urban quarterly, 7(42828), 285 - 288

School-based Health Promotion Project in Jigawa and Kano states, Northern Nigeria
Report
Sarki, A. M., Onukwugha, F. I., Magadi, M., Ahmad Abubakar, . M., Musa Auyo, I., & Smith, L. School-based Health Promotion Project in Jigawa and Kano states, Northern Nigeria

Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onukwugha, F., Magadi, M., & Hayter, M. (2017, October). Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria. Paper presented at XXVIII International Population Conference, Cape Town

Despite the establishment of “MyQuestion Database” to enhance adolescents access to sexual and reproductive health information in Nigeria, evidence has shown that comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in Nigeria is disappointingly low... Read More about Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria.