Postnatal care utilisation among women in rural Ghana: analysis of 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal mortality is high in Ghana, averaging 310 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017. This is partly due to inadequate postnatal care especially among rural communities. Ghana can avert the high maternal deaths if women meet the World Health Organisation's recommended early postnatal care check-up. Despite the association between geographical location and postnatal care utilisation, no study has been done on determinants of postnatal care among rural residents in Ghana. Therefore, this study determined the prevalence and correlates of postnatal care utilization among women in rural Ghana.

Methods

The study utilised women's file of the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). Following descriptive computation of the prevalence, binary logistic

SUBMITTER: Appiah F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature