Rural-urban variation in hypertension among women in Ghana

Insights from a national survey

Bibliographic Data

ID15367125
AuthorsFrancis Appiah (0000-0003-1465-5211, University of Cape Coast, corresponding author), Edward Kwabena Ameyaw (0000-0002-6617-237X, University of Technology Sydney), Joseph Kojo Oduro (0000-0002-1347-7102, University of Cape Coast), Linus Baatiema (0000-0002-8668-4671, University of Cape Coast), Francis Sambah (0000-0003-4245-7028, James Cook University), Abdul-Aziz Seidu (0000-0001-9734-9054, Takoradi Technical University), Bright Opoku Ahinkorah (0000-0001-7415-895X, University of Technology Sydney), Eugene Budu (0000-0002-8484-9225, University of Cape Coast)
Year2021
Volume21
Issue1
Pages2150-2150
Publication date2021-11-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-021-12204-7
PMID34819048
OpenAlexW3215896231
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

Women from urban and rural areas shed similar chance to be hypertensive in Ghana. Therefore, the health sector needs to target women from both areas of residence (rural/urban) when designing their programmes that are intended to modify women's lifestyle in order to reduce their risks of hypertension. Other categories of women that need to be prioritised to avert hypertension are those who are heading towards the end of their reproductive age, richest women and the divorced

Biostatistics · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Public health · Residence · Rural area · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Sodium Intake and Health · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine

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