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What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana
Joint Authors
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi
Adde, Kenneth Setorwu
Amu, Hubert
Source
International Journal of Reproductive Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
There is a paucity of empirical literature in Ghana on rural areas and their utilisation of health facilities.
The study examined the effects of the sociodemographics of rural women on place of delivery in the country.
Methods.
The paper made use of data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.
Women from rural areas who had given birth within five years prior to the survey were included in the analysis.
Descriptive analyses and binary logistic regression were used to analyse the data.
Results.
Wealth, maternal education, ecological zone, getting money for treatment, ethnicity, partner’s education, parity, and distance to a health facility were found as the determinants of place of delivery among women in rural Ghana.
Women in the richest wealth quintile were three times (OR = 3.04, 95% CI = 0.35–26.4) more likely to deliver at a health facility than the poorest women.
Conclusions.
It behoves the relevant stakeholders including the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health to pay attention to the wealth status, maternal education, ecological zone, ethnicity, partner’s education, parity, and distance in their planning regarding delivery care in rural Ghana.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi& Adde, Kenneth Setorwu& Amu, Hubert. 2016. What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana. International Journal of Reproductive Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi…[et al.]. What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana. International Journal of Reproductive Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi& Adde, Kenneth Setorwu& Amu, Hubert. What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana. International Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1107066
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1107066