Living conditions and social determinants of healthcare inequities affecting female migrants in Ghana

L Owusu, T Yeboah - GeoJournal, 2018 - Springer
This paper is concerned with the living situation of female migrants in Ghana. We draw on
the available research literature to examine the living conditions of female migrants paying …

Understanding the influence of Ghanaian women's migration patterns on access to health care

L Rizwan, M Malagón, S Richter - Women, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increased migration rates demonstrate a rise in women seeking relocation as a means to
access employment or academic opportunities; this is referred to as the feminization of …

When the healthcare system neglects some people: rural–urban migration, socio‐cultural conditions, and health coping strategies in informal settlement, Madina …

RK Afeadie - Health & Social Care in the Community, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Migrants face several unmet health needs due to the inability of the healthcare system to
address their healthcare challenges. As a result, they adopt coping strategies to overcome …

Health insurance and care-seeking behaviours of female migrants in Accra, Ghana

SR Lattof - Health policy and planning, 2018 - academic.oup.com
People working in Ghana's informal sector have low rates of enrolment in the publicly
funded National Health Insurance Scheme. Informal sector workers, including migrant girls …

Priorities and challenges accessing health care among female migrants

SR Lattof, E Coast, T Leone - Health services insights, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Women's ability to access health care requires access to and control of resources as well as
the ability to make personal health decisions. Female migrants may experience additional …

Accessibility and utilisation of maternal health services by migrant female head porters in Accra

GSA Yiran, JK Teye, GAB Yiran - Journal of international migration and …, 2015 - Springer
Accessibility to maternal health care by marginalised groups, such as poor migrant women,
has remained an issue of concern in Ghana. While a number of studies have been …

Migration and child health inequities in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of contextual‐and individual‐level factors

D Antai, S Wedrén, R Bellocco… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the role of rural–urban migration in the risks of under‐five death; to
identify possible mechanisms through which migration may influence mortality; and to …

Health inequities faced by Ethiopian migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

B Fernandez - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the healthcare needs, access to healthcare, and healthcare
strategies of Ethiopian migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Lebanon, drawing on …

Determinants of utilisation of health services by women in rural and urban areas in Ghana

D Buor - GeoJournal, 2004 - Springer
The paper examines the factors that influence the utilisation of health services by women in
the rural and urban areas in Ghana. The systematic sampling procedure was used to draw …

Determinants of enrolment in the NHIS for women in Ghana–a cross sectional study

A Kusi, A Fenny, DK Arhinful, FA Asante… - International Journal of …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in 2005 to provide
equitable access to healthcare. Furthermore, concessions were made for pregnant women …