Women’s experiences of seeking reproductive health care in rural Ghana: challenges for maternal health service utilization

Abstract

Nursing education in Ghana must place emphasis on basic relational practices. Structural changes to health clinics and routine nursing practices are necessary to create conditions for privacy to address women's health concerns. Women's perspectives must be considered for service improvement. Further research is needed to examine nurses' perspectives on relational care.

Context-specific Factors and Contraceptive Use: A Mixed Method Study among Women, Men and Health Providers in a Rural Ghanaian District

“…Even among contraceptive users, women reiterated open censure from providers when making enquiries on alternative method choices for use. Views and expressions from this study personify the challenge that rural women face in meeting their reproductive intentions and reflect the consistency of evidence on provider relational challenges in rural Ghana and developing countries 29,[39][40][41] . To attain optimal results for improving provider relational issues, multi-dimensional context approaches that pays attention to culturally respectful and acceptable norms may reassure women meeting current and future options for contraception.…”

“…Across northern Ghana where this study was conducted, fertility studies on the use, barriers, and influencing factors related to contraceptive use have largely relied on the DHS data. Other studies have focused on the use, sociocultural determinants, and barriers for women contraceptive utilization [28][29][30][31] . While prevailing evidence on women's low or non-use of contraceptives exists widely in some districts of Ghana, limited knowledge of context drivers for contraceptive use exist in the Garu-Tempane district of Ghana.…”

The Association Between Household Consumer Durable Assets and Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior in Ghana

“…This paper focuses on household consumer durables and their predictive influence on MHSB. With the few studies in Ghana focusing predominantly on the socio-demographic determinants (Appoh and Krekling, 2005; Van den Boom, Nsowah-Nuamah and Overbosch, 2004;Yakong et al, 2010) …”

Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian women

“…Across northern Ghana where this study was conducted, fertility studies on the use, barriers, and influencing factors related to contraceptive use have 86 Chapter 5 largely relied on the DHS data. Other studies have focused on the use, sociocultural determinants, and barriers for women contraceptive utilization (Adongo et al, 1997;Halley Crissman et al, 2012;Debpuur et al, 2002;Yakong et al, 2010). While prevailing evidence on women's low or non-use of contraceptives exists widely in some districts of Ghana, limited knowledge of context drivers for contraceptive use exist in the Garu-Tempane district of Ghana.…”

“…Other studies assessed the drivers of maternity service utilization (d ' Ambruoso, Abbey, & Hussein, 2005;Yakong, Rush, Bassett-Smith, Bottorff, & Robinson, 2010), whiles others analyzed the views of district level health providers and decision-makers on determinants of maternity service utilization (Banchani & Tenkorang, 2014;Ganle, 2014;Witter, Garshong, & Ridde, 2013). Few recent studies in rural 68 Chapter 4 northern Ghana assessed family relations and health provider's perspectives of utilization barriers for maternity care Yakong et al, 2010). None of these studies examined maternity care shortcomings along multiple districts and stakeholder groups.…”