Women's access to health care in Ghana: Effects of education, residence, lineage and self‐determination

References

• Abotchie , C. 1997 . Social control in traditional southern Eweland of Ghana: Relevance for modern crime prevention , Accra : Ghana Universities Press .
   Google Scholar
• Abouzahr , C. 18–23 October 1997 . Improved Access to Quality Maternal Health Services , Presentation at Safe Motherhood Consultation in Sri Lanka 18–23 October ,
   Google Scholar
• Agyepong , I. A. 1999 . Reforming health service delivery at district level in Ghana: the perspective of a district medical officer . Health Policy and Planning; , 14 (1) : 59 – 69 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Akin , M. S. 2005 . Education and fertility: A panel data analysis for Middle Eastern countries . The Journal of Developing Areas , 39 (1) : 56 – 69 .
   Google Scholar
• Arcury , T. A. , Bell , R. A. , Snively , B. M. , Smith , S. L. , Skelly , A. H. and Wetmore , L. K. 2006 . Complementary and alternative medicine use as health self‐management: Rural older adults with diabetes . Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences , 61B : S62 – S70 .
   Google Scholar
• Arhin‐Tenkorang , D. 2001 . Health insurance for the informal sector in Africa: Design features, risk protection, and resource mobilization , CMH Working Paper Series Cambridge , , U.S.A. : Commission on Macroeconomics and Health . (Paper No. WG3:1)
   Google Scholar
• Benefo , K. D. 2006 . The community‐level effects of women's education on reproductive behavior in rural Ghana, Demographic Research . Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany , 14 (20) : 485 – 508 .
   Google Scholar
• Boateng , J. K. 2006 . Women's Health Access and Behaviors: Effects of Urban Residence, Education, Self‐Determination, and Social Supports in Ghana , State College : The Pennsylvania State University. University Park Campus . PhD dissertation
   Google Scholar
• Bour , D. 2004 . Water needs and women's health in the Kumasi metropolitan area, Ghana . Health and Place , 10 : 85 – 103 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chao , S. 1999 . Ghana: Women's role in improved economic performance Findings, No. 145
   Google Scholar
• Coast , E. 2006 . Local understandings of and responses to HIV: Rural‐urban migrants in Tanzania . Social Science and Medicine , 63 (4) : 1000 – 1010 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D'Ambruoso , L. 2006 . Midwives attitudes to women in labor in Ghana. IMMPACT id21 Research Highlight , UK : University of Aberdeen .
   Google Scholar
• Derose , L. F. 2003 . Marriage, lineage, relative spousal power and fertility decline in Ghana , University of Maryland with funding from Maryland Population Research Center and the National Institutes of Health and Human Development .
   Google Scholar
• Derose , L. F. and Ezeh , A. C. 2005 . Men's influence on the onset and progress of fertility decline in Ghana, 1988–98 . Population Studies , 59 (2) : 197 – 210 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Derose , L. F. and Dodoo , F. N. A. 2002 . Fertility desires and perceptions of power in reproductive conflict in Ghana . Gender and Society , 16 (1) : 53 – 73 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dodoo , F. N. A. 1995 . Explaining Contraceptive Use Differences: Do Men Play a Role? . African Population Studies/Etude de la Population Africaine , 10 (1)
   Google Scholar
• Franks , P. and Fiscella , K. 2002 . Effect of patient socioeconomic status on physician profiles for prevention, disease management, and diagnostic testing costs . Med. Care , 40 (8) : 717 – 24 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Furuta , M. and Salway , S. 2006 . Women's position within the household as a determinant of maternal health care use in Nepal . International family planning perspectives , 32 (1) : 17 – 27 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gething , P. W. , Noor , A. M. , Zurovac , D. , Atkinson , P. M. and Hay , S. I. 2004 . Empirical modeling of government health service use by children with fevers in Kenya . Acta Tropica , 91 : 227 – 237 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), and ORC Macro . 2004 . Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2003 , Calverton , Maryland : GSS, NMIMR, and ORC Macro .
   Google Scholar
• Ghana Statistical Service . 2000 . The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Four (GLSS 4) 1998/99: Data User's Guide. Unpublished
   Google Scholar
• Gisselmann , M. D. 2006 . The influence of maternal childhood and adulthood social class on the health of the infant . Social Science and Medicine , 63 : 1023 – 1033 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindstrom , P. D. and Munoz‐Franco , E. 2006 . Migration and maternal health services in rural Guatamala . Social Science and Medicine , 63 : 706 – 721 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Michaels , D. , Schumann , C. and Kliavkov , H. 2001 . BUV Strategic Marketing Plan for Ghana, Africa , 17 BUV Project .
   Google Scholar
• Onah , H. E. , Ikeoko , L. C. and Iloabachie , G.C. 2006 . Factors associated with the use of maternity services in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria . Social Science and Medicine , 63 : 1870 – 1878 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Potts , M. 1997 . Sex and birth rate: Human biology, demographic change, and access to fertility regulation methods . Population and Development Review , 23 (1) : 1 – 39 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sandiford , P. J. , Montenegro , C. M. and Sanchez , G. 1995 . The impact of women's literacy on child health and its interaction with access to health services . Population Studies , 49 (1) : 5 – 17 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schafgans , M. 1991 . “ Fertility determinants in Peru: A quantity‐quality analysis ” . In Women's work, education and family welfare in Peru , World Bank discussion papers 116 Edited by: Herz , B. K. and Khandker , S. R. 171 – 203 . Washington, DC : The World Bank .
   Google Scholar
• Tawiah , E. O. 1984 . Determinants of Cumulative Fertility in Ghana . Demography , 21 (1)
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Evidence, Health Transition Review , 3 (2) 159 – 175 .
   Google Scholar
• Tsoka , J. M. and Le Sueur , D. 2004 . Using GIS to measure geographical accessibility to primary health care in rural South Africa . South Africa Journal of Science , 100 : 329 – 330 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• van den Boom , G. J. M. , Nsowah‐Nuamah , N. N. N. and Overbosch , G.B. Curative health care utilization in Ghana: A multinomial analysis of equitable access opportunities , Human Resource Development for Poverty Reduction and Household Food Security of the Foundation Securite Alimentaire Durable en Afrique de L'Quest Central (SADAOC, Quagadougou, Burkina Faso, JEL Classification: ILL; H51; 055 (undated)
   Google Scholar
• Who Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) . 2007 . World Health Statistics. Core Health Indicators. , Third Edition Retrieved on 12/2/2007 from: http://www.who.int/whosis/data‐base/core_select_process.cfm
   Google Scholar
• Address correspondence to: John Boateng, c/o AEE Department, 201 Ferguson Building, Penn State University, State College, PA 16802–2601.
   Google Scholar