Effects of a community-level intervention on maternal health care utilization in a resource-poor setting of Northern Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15367354 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Bapula Kassim (Ghana Health Service, corresponding author), Sam Newton (0000-0002-6915-9007, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Sam Kofi Newton, William Dormechele (0000-0003-4041-2555, Navrongo Health Research Centre), Beatrice Baah Rahinatu (Nurses' Training College, Ho), Clement Tiimim Yanbom (0000-0002-2064-0473, Ghana Health Service), Isaac Kofi Yankson (0000-0002-8308-1859, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Easmon Otupiri (0000-0001-8986-1648, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1491-1491 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-023-16376-2 |
| PMID | 37542227 |
| OpenAlex | W4385575671 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
This study suggests that the use of health education and participatory sessions led by community-based facilitators could be a potentially effective intervention to improve the knowledge of women about obstetric danger signs and encourage the uptake of maternity care services in resource-poor settings of Ghana
Attendance · Biostatistics · Community health · Environmental health · Health facility · Health services · Logistic regression · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |