Measuring regional and district variations in the incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in Ghana: Challenges, opportunities and implications for maternal and newborn health policy and programmes

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 93-100

  Antwi, Edward ^a,b   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^b,c   Quansah Asare, Gloria ^a   Koram, Kwadwo A ^d   Grobbee, Diederick ^b   Agyepong, Irene A ^b,e  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Decision making; Local area variation; Maternal and newborn health; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Routine data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN CARE; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84947976003     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12626     Document Type: Article

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