| Literature DB >> 906080 |
D A Ampofo, D D Nicholas, M B Amonoo-Acquah, S Ofosu-Amaah, A K Neumann.
Abstract
Three quarters of deliveries in Ghana are still attended by untrained personnel, including traditional birth attendants (TBA's), and maternal mortality remains high. The Ministry of Health is exploring ways of improving this situation. Recently, training traditional birth attendants to improve maternal and child health practices and promote family planning has been considered. Most TBA's in rural Ghana are elderly illiterate farmers. The Danfa Project has identified and trained 57 of these TBA's with the objective of developing a programme that might be replicated elsewhere in the country. This paper describes the design of the programme and problems encountered and makes recommendations to others who may be considering similar programmes in other countries.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Community Workers; Curriculum; Delivery; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Education; English Speaking Africa; Family Planning Personnel; Ghana; Health; Health Personnel; Health Services; Maternal Health Services; Maternal Mortality; Maternal-child Health Services; Midwives; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes; Primary Health Care; Program Evaluation; Recommendations; Reproduction; Rural Population; Summary Report; Supervision; Training Programs; Western Africa
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Year: 1977 PMID： 906080
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Geogr Med ISSN： 0041-3232