Author's response to reviews Title:Empowerment and Adequate Use of Antenatal Care among Women in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Authors:

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  • Heather Sipsma
  • Angela Ofori-Atta
  • Maureen Canavan
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The outcome indicator was based on the number of antenatal care visits. It is very likely that the course of pregnancy, physiological or pathological, is associated with both, the number of antenatal visits and also with the empowerment indicators. In fact, these indicators could be an expression of socio-economic deprivation which is usually associated with worst health status. To the extent these associations do exist, a bias could occur. Women with pathological pregnancies should be excluded from the analysis, also considering that maternal mortality in Ghana is so high.

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Empowerment and use of antenatal care among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND Empowerment among women in the context of a romantic relationship may affect the use of reproductive healthcare services; however, current literature examining this association is limited and inconsistent. We therefore aimed to examine the relationship between several measures of empowerment and use of inadequate antenatal care among women in Ghana. METHODS We conducted a cross-sec...

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تاریخ انتشار 2014