Factors Influencing Health Facility Delivery in Predominantly Rural Communities across the Three Ecological Zones in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.

BACKGROUND:Maternal and neonatal mortality indicators remain high in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African countries. Both maternal and neonatal health outcomes improve when skilled personnel provide delivery services within health facilities. Determinants of delivery location are crucial to promoting...

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Main Authors: Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Sumiyo Okawa, Kwaku Poku Asante, Kimiyo Kikuchi, Emmanuel Mahama, Evelyn Ansah, Charlotte Tawiah, Kwame Adjei, Akira Shibanuma, Keiko Nanishi, Francis Yeji, Enoch Oti Agyekum, Junko Yasuoka, Margaret Gyapong, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Gloria Quansah Asare, Abraham Hodgson, Masamine Jimba, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4816577?pdf=render