Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana

dc.contributor.authorBazzano, A.N.
dc.contributor.authorKirkwood, B.
dc.contributor.authorTawiah-Agyemang, C.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu-Agyei, S.
dc.contributor.authorAdongo, P.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-24T18:10:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-16T12:25:51Z
dc.date.available2013-06-24T18:10:34Z
dc.date.available2017-10-16T12:25:51Z
dc.date.issued2008-07
dc.description.abstractObjective: To examine the social costs to women of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana. Method: Ethnographic data were obtained through participant observation, interviews, case histories, and focus groups and were analyzed alongside data from a birth cohort of 2878 singletons born in the Kintampo study district between July 2003 and June 2004. Results: Most women delivered at home. Home delivery raises a woman's status in her community, while seeking skilled attendance lowers it. Women feel that seeking assistance in childbirth wastes other people's time and they value secrecy in labor. Negative treatment by health providers and expensive supplies needed for delivery also act as barriers. Conclusion: The social costs of obtaining skilled attendance at birth must be offset by community level strategies such as mobilization of older women and husbands, and ensuring health providers extend professional, humane care to laboring women. © 2008 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBazzano, A. N., Kirkwood, B., Tawiah-Agyemang, C., Owusu-Agyei, S., &Adongo, P. (2008). Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 102(1), 91-94en_US
dc.identifier.issn00207292
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/4020
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEMTREE medical terms: article; birth; childbirth; cohort analysis; data analysis; delivery; ethnography; female; Ghana; health care cost; health care personnel; human; priority journal; rural area; skill; social care MeSH: Anthropology, Cultural; Delivery, Obstetric; Female; Ghana; Home Childbirth; Humans; Midwifery; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Pregnancy; Privacy; Rural Health Services; Rural Population; Social Desirability Medline is the source for the MeSH terms of this document.en_US
dc.titleSocial costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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