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    Assessment of awareness of the causes of maternal mortality among women in reproductive age in Bushenyi - Ishaka municipality
    (Kampala International University. School of Health Sciences (Western Campus), 2013-07) Gor, Goody Kiritkumar
    The study was carried out in Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality. The purpose of this study was to identify factors which influence mother’s choice of delivery site. The respondents were mothers between the ages of 15-49 years with sane minds. There were 100 mothers in the quantitative data. The research showed that among the women that had delivered before most of them 80% were aware of the common causes of maternal mortality and 30% of those that had never delivered knew the causes of maternal mortality. Among the causes the commonest causes that were known by the respondents were; Post partum hemorrhage, Abortion, post partum infections, Ante partum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and ruptured uterus. Most of the women 70% reported that they learnt the causes of maternal death from the clinics where they were attending antenatal services, 20% learnt from their mothers and 10% from their close friends and relatives.