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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Research article

Preparedness of health care professionals in preventing maternal mortality at a public health facility in Ghana: a qualitative study

Authors: Hubert Amu, Samuel H. Nyarko

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Preparedness of health care professionals for emergency situations is quite indispensable in quality health care; yet, information barely exists on the preparedness of health care professionals for emergency cases in health facilities in Ghana. This study sought to assess the preparedness of health professionals in preventing maternal mortality cases at a public health facility in Ghana.

Methods

This is a qualitative study that used purposive and convenient sampling techniques to recruit 12 health care professionals for in-depth interviews. The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed and the results presented in themes verbatim.

Results

The results show that health care professionals at the hospital were ill-equipped to effectively handle maternal mortality cases in the municipality. As such, inadequate staff size and dearth of essential logistics militate against the preparedness of health care professionals in curbing maternal mortality.

Conclusions

More health care professionals and essential logistics should, therefore, be provided by the Ghana Health Service to augment the existing ones.
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Metadata
Title
Preparedness of health care professionals in preventing maternal mortality at a public health facility in Ghana: a qualitative study
Authors
Hubert Amu
Samuel H. Nyarko
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1527-y

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