Towards a framework for delineating sub-districts for primary health care administration in rural Ghana: A case study using GIS

dc.contributor.author	Kofie, R.Y.
dc.contributor.author	Møller-Jensen, L.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-25T09:40:07Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-25T09:40:07Z
dc.date.issued	2001-11
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the need to carry out primary health care administration, programming and planning beyond the established 110 districts in Ghana. The framework for delimiting the sub-districts is offered by the availability of digital data such as the district boundary, site location, road network and population. Using the specified travel distance from predetermined sites, network analysis generates approximate polygons around the health centres to create functional areas - the health sub-districts. Additional sites are proposed based on a set of criteria which includes proximity, centrality, population and existing level of infrastructural development in an attempt to improve coverage and bring the total utilization of health facilities closer to 100% in the study area.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1080/00291950119232
dc.identifier.other	Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 26-33
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28352
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift	en_US
dc.subject	Network analysis	en_US
dc.subject	Primary health care	en_US
dc.subject	Sub-districts	en_US
dc.title	Towards a framework for delineating sub-districts for primary health care administration in rural Ghana: A case study using GIS	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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