Women's experiences of seeking reproductive health care in rural Ghana: Challenges for maternal health service utilization

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2431-2441

  Yakong, Vida Nyagre ^a   Rush, Kathy L ^a   Bassett Smith, Joan ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Robinson, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focused ethnography; Ghana; Health service utilization; Relational practice; Reproductive health care; Rural nursing; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649483764     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05404.x     Document Type: Article

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