REVIEW ARTICLE
Year : 2019 | Volume
: 63 | Issue : 1 | Page : 73--78
Obstetric fistula: A challenge to public health
Dharitri Swain1, Swayam Pragyan Parida2, Saubhagya Kumar Jena3, Mahasweta Das4, Hrushikesh Das4
1 Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2 Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3 Additional Professor, Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
4 Research Fellow, ICMR Funded Project, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Mrs. Dharitri Swain
Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, College of Nursing, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India
Obstetric fistula (OF) is one of the most important consequences of a prolonged obstructed labor, a big issue for low-income countries (LICs) like India. The objective is to identify and explore the knowledge regarding OF as a public health problem in LICs from peer review literature. The PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct databases were searched to identify the prevalence, risk factors, and management of OF in LICs. Quantitative evidence-based paper reviewed. Twenty-seven articles met the inclusion criteria. The 15 provided population-based OF prevalence data of OF and 12 provided risk factors and social causes of OF rates associated with the birth that caused an OF. OF has one of the big public health problems. There is a lack of scientific research on the prevalence and risk factors of OF in LICs. This review helps to eradicate or alleviate the problem of OF in LICs like India.
How to cite this article:
Swain D, Parida SP, Jena SK, Das M, Das H. Obstetric fistula: A challenge to public health.Indian J Public Health 2019;63:73-78
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How to cite this URL:
Swain D, Parida SP, Jena SK, Das M, Das H. Obstetric fistula: A challenge to public health. Indian J Public Health [serial online] 2019 [cited 2023 Mar 26 ];63:73-78
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