"I was on the way to the hospital but delivered in the bush": Maternal health in Ghana's Upper West Region in the context of a traditional birth attendants' ban

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-17

  Rishworth, Andrea ^a   Dixon, Jenna ^a   Luginaah, Isaac ^b   Mkandawire, Paul ^c   Tampah Prince, Caesar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Access to care; Ghana; Maternal health; Rural; Traditional birth attendants; Upper West Region

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL AREA; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

GHANA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84948149716     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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