Pregnancy options counselling in Ghana: a case study of women with unintended pregnancies in Kumasi metropolis, Ghana.
Evans Kofi AgbenoFred Yao GbagboE S K MorheSoale Issah MaltimaKwadwo SarbengPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2019)
Pregnancy options counselling remains a major challenge in comprehensive abortion care in Ghana. Although higher educational attainments significantly exposes women to options counselling for informed decisions, the less educated are disadvantaged in this regard. Further research on type and depth of counselling services provided to pregnant women in health facilities is required to inform health policy and program decisions.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pregnancy outcomes
- pregnant women
- public health
- mental health
- hiv testing
- preterm birth
- smoking cessation
- quality improvement
- men who have sex with men
- primary care
- health information
- type diabetes
- pain management
- optical coherence tomography
- human health
- gestational age
- affordable care act
- health insurance
- climate change
- chronic pain
- insulin resistance
- hiv infected