"He will ask why the child gets sick so often": The gendered dynamics of intra-household bargaining over healthcare for children with fever in the Volta Region of Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1106-1117

  Tolhurst, Rachel ^a   Amekudzi, Yaa Peprah ^b   Nyonator, Frank K ^c   Bertel Squire, S ^a   Theobald, Sally ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HACI   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Children; Decision making; Gender; Gender mainstreaming; Ghana; Health seeking behaviour; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MODEL; RESEARCH WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS;

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

EID: 38749144824     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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