“COVID-19 affected me greatly (sigh), imagine I'm being called a mother and yet I'm also a child”: the effect of COVID-19 on fertility management practices among women in Nairobi and Kisumu cities, Kenya
COVID-19's effect on women's fertility management practices manifested at individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels. There is a need to devise strategies that empower women to deal with their family planning needs and those that make healthcare systems resilient enough to handle the effects of emergent crises without compromising the provision of existing services.
Authors
- Janelli Vallin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3383-9868)
- Elizabeth A. Bukusi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2031-2808)
- Zachary Kwena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-5084)
- Louisa Ndunyu
- Lauren Suchman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3684-0314)
- Pauline Wekesa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9706-3979)
- Kelsey Holt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9093-4322)
- Serah Gitome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3371-4213)
- Emily Himes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2713-0051)
- Jenny Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-0135)
- Sarah Okumu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8668-0048)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Maseno University (KE)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Global Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1428133
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49