Pregnant women's experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Quality antenatal care (ANC) is recognised as an opportunity for screening and early identification of pregnancy-related complications. In rural Ghana, challenges with access to diagnostic services demotivate women from ANC attendance and referral compliance, leading to absent or late id...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/133984 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/133984 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Embarassades Medicina prenatal Ghana Pregnant women Prenatal medicine |
| Sumario: | BACKGROUND: Quality antenatal care (ANC) is recognised as an opportunity for screening and early identification of pregnancy-related complications. In rural Ghana, challenges with access to diagnostic services demotivate women from ANC attendance and referral compliance, leading to absent or late identification and management of high-risk women. In 2016, an integrated diagnostic and clinical decision support system tagged 'Bliss4Midwives' (B4M), was piloted in Northern Ghana. The device facilitated non-invasive screening of pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes and anaemia at the point-of-care. This study aimed to explore the experiences of pregnant women with B4M, and its influence on service utilisation ("pull effect") and woman-provider relationships ("woman engagement"). |
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