ArticleGlobal journal of health science2014
Spatial analysis of skilled birth attendant utilization in Ghana.
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- Inequalities in the prevalence of skilled birth attendance in Ghana between 1993 and 2014.International health · 2023Article
- Skilled birth attendant utilization trends, determinant and inequality gaps in Ethiopia.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Determinants of Utilization of Institutional Delivery Services in Zambia: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Spatial inequalities in skilled attendance at birth in Ghana: a multilevel analysis integrating health facility databases with household survey data.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2020Observational
- Factors associated with the preference of institutional delivery after antenatal care attendance in Northwest Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Spatial patterns and determinants of postnatal care use in Ethiopia: findings from the 2016 demographic and health survey.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Spatial variations of women's home delivery after antenatal care visits at lay Gayint District, Northwest Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2019Article
- What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana.International journal of reproductive medicine · 2016Article
- Predictors of skilled attendance at delivery among antenatal clinic attendants in Ghana: a cross-sectional study of population data.BMJ open · 2015Article
- Assessing Community Based Improved Maternal Neonatal Child Survival (IMNCS) Program in Rural Bangladesh.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal mortality is a major health problem in most resource-poor settings, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, maternal mortality remains high and births attended by skilled health professionals are still low despite the introduction, in 2005, of free maternal health care for all women seeking care in public health facilities.
objectivesThis study aimed to explore geographical patterns in the risk of not utilizing a skilled birth attendant during childbirth in women of different socioeconomic backgrounds in Ghana.
methodsGlobal and Geographically Weighted Odds Ratios (GWORs) were used to examine the spatially varying relationships between low socioeconomic status (low education and low income) and non-utilization of skilled birth attendants based on data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) 2008.
resultsLow education and low income were associated with non-use of skilled birth attendants. The GWORs revealed a north-south spatial variation in the magnitude of the association between non-use of skilled birth attendants and low education (Log GWOR ranged from 0.75 to 9.26) or low income (Log GWOR ranged from 1.11 to 6.34) with higher values in the north.
conclusionsThe relationship between low socioeconomic status and the non-use of skilled birth attendants in Ghana is geographically variable. Effective governmental and non-governmental interventions are needed to address these regional inequalities.
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