TY  - JOUR
T1  - Community Participation Strategies for Curbing Maternal Mortality among the O-Kun Yoruba of Ijumu, Nigeria
AU - Stephen, Metiboba 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 224
EP  - 227
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2009.224.227
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2009.224.227
KW  - Participation
KW  -empowerment
KW  -strategies
KW  -mortality
KW  -preference-based techniques
AB  - The main thrust of the study was to investigate, the most potent and relevant Community Participation (CP) strategy for curbing maternal mortality among the O-kun Yoruba of Ijumu community, Kogi State, Nigeria. Data for the study were generated mainly through multi-stage sampling technique by the use of questionnaire administered to 65 respondents randomly selected from seven communities in Ijumu Local Government are Univariate, Pearson product moment co-efficient of correlation and preference-based techniques were used for data analysis. The major finding of the study revealed that community participation strategy by any people or community generally, rests mainly on economic-rational consideration. The study therefore, recommends a paradigm shift from the conventional strategies of community participation in curbing maternal mortality in developing countries to a re-focus on economic-rational factors.
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