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The influence of socio-cultural interpretations of pregnancy threats on health-seeking behavior among pregnant women in urban Accra, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Although antenatal care coverage in Ghana is high, there exist gaps in the continued use of maternity care, especially utilization of skilled assistance during delivery. Many pregnant women seek care from different sources aside the formal health sector. This is due to negative perceptio...

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Autores principales:	Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis, Aikins, Moses, Aryeetey, Richmond, Mccough, Laura, Adongo, Philip Baba
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840661/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24246028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-211

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