Female autonomy and reported abortion-seeking in Ghana, West Africa

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-222

  Rominski, Sarah D ^a   Gupta, Mira ^a   Aborigo, Raymond ^b,c   Adongo, Phillip ^d   Engman, Cyril ^e   Hodgson, Abraham ^b,f   Moyer, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Abortion; Autonomy; Empowerment; Low resource countries; Maternal health; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ABORTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84905564118     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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