“Kunika women are always sick”: views from community focus groups on short birth interval (kunika) in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria

“Kunika women are always sick”: views from community focus groups on short birth interval (kunika) in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria

Abstract Background In Northern Nigeria, short birth interval is common. The word kunika in the Hausa language describes a woman becoming pregnant before weaning her last child. A sizeable literature confirms an association between short birth interval and adverse perinatal and maternal health outco...

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Main Authors: Umaira Ansari, Juan Pimentel, Khalid Omer, Yagana Gidado, Muhd Chadi Baba, Neil Andersson, Anne Cockcroft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
Subjects:
Short birth interval
Child spacing
Northern Nigeria
Hausa
Community
Focus groups
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-020-00970-2

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