Socio-economic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in rural northern Ghana

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam ^a   Bawah, Ayaga A ^b   Agorinya, Isaiah ^a   Achana, Fabian S ^a   Awoonor Williams, John Koku ^c   Oduro, Abraham R ^a   Phillips, James F ^b   Akazili, James ^a  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Demographic; Determinants; Ghana; Rural; Socio economic; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIVORCED PERSON; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MORTALITY; MOTHER; SURVIVAL; WELFARE; WELLBEING; WIDOWED PERSON; WIFE; YOUNG ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925350791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-14-24     Document Type: Article

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