Neonatal mortality in the central districts of Ghana: analysis of community and composition factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communities and their composition have an impact on neonatal mortality. However, considering the smallest health administrative units as communities and investigating the impact of these communities and their composition on neonatal mortality in Ghana have not been studied. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of community-, household- and individual-level factors on the risk of neonatal mortality in two districts in Ghana.

Methods

This was a longitudinal study that used the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System as a platform to select 30,132 neonatal singletons with 634 deaths. Multilevel cox frailty model was used to examine the effect of community-, household- and individual-level factors on the risk of neonatal mortality.

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SUBMITTER: Adjei G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819257 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature