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Understanding factors influencing home delivery in the context of user‐fee abolition in Northern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 DHS

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  • John Kuumuori Ganle
  • Musah Salifu Mahama
  • Ernest Maya
  • Abubakar Manu
  • Kwasi Torpey
  • Richard Adanu

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User‐fee exemption for skilled delivery services has been implemented in Ghana since 2003 as a way to address financial barriers to access. However, many women still deliver at home. Based on data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, we estimated the prevalence of home delivery and determined the factors contributing to homebirths among a total of 622 women in the Northern region in the context of the user‐fee exemption policy in Ghana. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed. Results suggest home delivery prevalence of 59% (365/622). Traditional birth attendants attended majority of home deliveries (93.4%). After adjusting for potential confounders, making less than four antenatal care visits (aOR = 2.42; CI = 1.91‐6.45; p = 0.001), being a practitioner of traditional African religion (aOR = 16.40; CI = 3.10‐25.40; p = 0.000), being a Muslim (aOR 2.10; CI = 1.46‐5.30; p = 0.042), not having a health insurance (aOR = 1.85; CI = 1.773‐4.72; p = 0.016), living in a male‐headed household (aOR = 2.07; CI = 1.02‐4.53; p

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  • John Kuumuori Ganle & Musah Salifu Mahama & Ernest Maya & Abubakar Manu & Kwasi Torpey & Richard Adanu, 2019. "Understanding factors influencing home delivery in the context of user‐fee abolition in Northern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 DHS," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(2), pages 727-743, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:34:y:2019:i:2:p:727-743
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2731
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    1. Yan Xu & Michael Yao-Ping Peng & Rolle Remi Ahuru & Muhammad Khalid Anser & Romanus Osabohien & Ayesha Aziz, 2022. "Individual and community-level factors associated with non-institutional delivery of women of childbearing-age in Nigeria," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-7, December.

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