Measuring barriers to fistula care: investigating composite measures for targeted fistula programming in Nigeria and Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accessing surgical repair poses challenges to women living with female genital fistula who experience intersectional vulnerabilities including poverty, gender, stigma and geography. Barriers to fistula care have been described qualitatively in several low- and middle-income countries, but limited effort has been made to quantify these factors. This study aimed to develop and validate composite measures to assess barriers to accessing fistula repair in Nigeria and Uganda.

Methods

This quantitative study built on qualitative findings to content validate composite measures and investigates post-repair client surveys conducted at tertiary hospitals in Northern and Southern Nigeria and Central Uganda asking women about the degree to which a range of barriers affected t

SUBMITTER: Sripad P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature