Using the Community-Based Health Planning and Services Program to Promote Skilled Delivery in Rural Ghana : Socio-Demographic Factors that Influence Women Utilization of Skilled Attendants at Birth in Northern Ghana

Using the Community-Based Health Planning and Services Program to Promote Skilled Delivery in Rural Ghana : Socio-Demographic Factors that Influence Women Utilization of Skilled Attendants at Birth in Northern Ghana

The burden of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is enormous. In Ghana the maternal mortality ratio was 350 per 100,000 live births in 2010. Skilled birth attendance has been shown to reduce maternal deaths and disabilities, yet in 2010 only 68% of mothers in Ghana gave birth with skilled birt...

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Main Authors: Sakeah, Evelyn, Doctor, Henry V., McCloskey, Lois, Bernstein, Judith, Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo, Mills, Samuel
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Subjects:
community-based service delivery
maternal mortality
service utilization
skilled birth attendants
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23153

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