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| Title |
Birth location preferences of mothers and fathers in rural Ghana: Implications for pregnancy, labor and birth outcomes
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-015-0604-2 |
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| Authors |
Leslie E. Cofie, Clare Barrington, Kavita Singh, Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, Akalpa Akaligaung |
| Abstract |
Maternal deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa are largely preventable with health facility delivery assisted by skilled birth attendants. Examining associations of birth location preferences on pregnant women's experiences is important to understanding delays in care seeking in the event of complications. We explored the influence of birth location preference on women's pregnancy, labor and birth outcomes. A qualitative study conducted in rural Ghana consisted of birth narratives of mothers (n = 20) who experienced pregnancy/labor complications, and fathers (n = 18) whose partners experienced such complications in their last pregnancy. All but two women in our sample delivered in a health facility due to complications. We developed narrative summaries of each interview and iteratively coded the interviews. We then analyzed the data through coding summaries and developed analytic matrices from coded transcripts. Birth delivery location preferences were split for mothers (home delivery-9; facility delivery-11), and fathers (home delivery-7; facility delivery-11). We identified two patterns of preferences and birth outcomes: 1) preference for homebirth that resulted in delayed care seeking and was likely associated with several cases of stillbirths and postpartum morbidities; 2) Preference for health facility birth that resulted in early care seeking, and possibly enabled women to avoid adverse effects of birth complications. Safe pregnancy and childbirth interventions should be tailored to the birth location preferences of mothers and fathers, and should include education on the development of birth preparedness plans to access timely delivery related care. Improving access to and the quality of care at health facilities will also be crucial to facilitating use of facility-based delivery care in rural Ghana. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 247 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 73 | 29% |
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 12% |
| Researcher | 20 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 14% |
| Unknown | 57 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 67 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 28 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 2% |
| Psychology | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 10% |
| Unknown | 61 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 August 2015.
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