International Journal of Health Policy Planning(IJHPP)

Department of Health, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Publications

• Research Article   
  Marital Status, Unmet Need for Contraception and Health Insurance Subscription among Women in Ghana
  Author(s): Anthony Edward Boakye*
  
  Background Uninsured women often have inadequate access to care, get a lower standard of care when they are in the health system, and have poorer health outcomes. Objective In line with this, the study aimed to investigate how marital status and unmet need for contraception interplay to influence women’s health insurance subscription in Ghana. Methods Data for the study were extracted from the 2022 GDHS data from online at https://dhsprogram.com/data. The data were processed with SPSS version 27 and analyzed with frequency distribution, Pearson’s chi-square test of independence and binary logistic regression. The frequency distribution was used to summarize participants’ responses into proportions, the Pearson’s chi-squared test of independence was used to test the hypotheses postulated in t.. Read More»
  

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