Living conditions and social determinants of healthcare inequities affecting female migrants in Ghana
| Autor: | Thomas Yeboah, Lucy Owusu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economic growth 030505 public health Inequality business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Living situation Active participation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Key factors Political science Human geography Health care 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health 0305 other medical science business media_common |
| Zdroj: | GeoJournal. 83:1005-1017 |
| ISSN: | 1572-9893 0343-2521 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10708-017-9817-4 |
| Popis: | 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 special attention to the underlying interrelated factors impacting on their accessibility and utilization of orthodox healthcare. While a plethora of interconnected economic, social, cultural and institutional elements are key factors influencing the living conditions particularly, healthcare access and utilization, policy efforts undertaken to address the situation seem to focus only on the economic dimension. Three broad initiatives requiring active participation of multi-sectoral actors are outlined in efforts towards improving the situation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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