Challenges to the reproductive-health needs of African women: On religion and maternal health utilization in Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2930-2944

  Gyimah, Stephen Obeng ^a   Takyi, Baffour K ^b   Addai, Isaac ^c  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c Lansing College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghana; Maternal and child health services; Maternal and child mortality; Religion; Sub saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GHANA; GNAPHALIUM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; MOSLEM; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHRISTIANITY; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646136234     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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