Challenges women with disability face in accessing and using maternal healthcare services in Ghana: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Ganle, John Kuumuori ^a   Otupiri, Easmon ^b   Obeng, Bernard ^b   Edusie, Anthony Kwaku ^b   Ankomah, Augustine ^a   Adanu, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84977080424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158361     Document Type: Article

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