Grandmothers as gatekeepers? The role of grandmothers in influencing health-seeking for mothers and newborns in rural northern Ghana

Global Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1078-1091

  Gupta, Mira L ^a   Aborigo, Raymond Akawire ^b,c   Adongo, Philip Baba ^d   Rominski, Sarah ^a   Hodgson, Abraham ^b   Engmann, Cyril M ^e   Moyer, Cheryl A ^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)

Author keywords

Ghana; grandmothers; health seeking behaviour; maternal and child health; power dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; GHANA; GRANDMOTHER; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRADITIONAL HEALER; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; GHANA; GRANDPARENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84941804849     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.1002413     Document Type: Article

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