Factors affecting the travel mode choice of the urban elderly in healthcare activity: comparison between core area and suburban area

M Du, L Cheng, X Li, J Yang - Sustainable cities and society, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the travel characteristics and influential factors of travel mode choice
for healthcare activity by the elderly in core area and suburb. The results of descriptive …

Barriers to formal healthcare utilisation among poor older people under the livelihood empowerment against poverty programme in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of …

W Agyemang-Duah, C Peprah, P Peprah - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Even though there is a growing literature on barriers to formal healthcare use
among older people, little is known from the perspective of vulnerable older people in …

Spirituality and subjective well-being among Ghanaian older adults: Optimism and meaning in life as mediators

EY Aglozo, CS Akotia, A Osei-Tutu… - Aging & mental health, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between spirituality and
subjective well-being (positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction), and whether this …

A critical review of intervention and policy effects on the health of older people in sub-Saharan Africa

P Lloyd-Sherlock, M Amoakoh-Coleman - Social Science & Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides a critical review of publications containing information about specific
health effects on older adults of interventions and policies in sub-Saharan Africa …

Health literacy and health: rethinking the strategies for universal health coverage in Ghana

PA Amoah, DR Phillips - Public health, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Health literacy (HL) is generally thought to be associated with positive health
behaviour, appropriate health service utilisation and acceptance of interventions to …

Factors affecting the choice of health care utilisation between private and public services among the elderly population in India

C Chatterjee, NC Nayak, J Mahakud… - … journal of health …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
India is experiencing rapid population ageing in recent years. One of the most concomitant
issues is the choice of health care services among the elderly, leading to its impact on the …

Health system responsiveness and associated factors among outpatients in primary health care facilities in Ethiopia

WD Negash, CT Tsehay, L Yazachew… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Health system responsiveness is defined as the outcome of designing health
facility relationships so that they are familiar and responsive to patients' universally …

Understanding unmet care needs of rural older adults with chronic health conditions: A qualitative study

D Asante, CS McLachlan, D Pickles… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Rural populations experience poorer access to the necessary health services
for chronic health conditions. Although studies of rural healthcare access continue to …

Climate change, women's workload in smallholder agriculture, and embodied political ecologies of undernutrition in northern Ghana

H Nyantakyi-Frimpong - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
The burden of child undernutrition across Africa remains extraordinarily high. Among
children under age five, chronic and acute undernutrition is responsible for more ill-health …

Healthcare seeking behaviour during illness among older adults in Ghana: does food security status matter?

JA Braimah, W Agyemang-Duah, D Amoak, Y Sano… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Ghana's growing older adult population raises critical questions regarding
healthcare for these older adults. At the same time, food insecurity is high among older …