Maternal Health Information Disparities Amid Covid-19: Comparing Urban and Rural Expectant Mothers in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorKhamis, Sahar
dc.contributor.authorAgboada, Delight Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-03T15:23:37Z
dc.date.available2023-05-03T15:23:37Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe Covid-19 pandemic disrupted mothers’ access to credible and reliable health information from their healthcare providers. However, the impact of the pandemic on maternal health information access among rural and urban mothers has not been studied, especially in the Global South. Guided by the channel complementarity theory, we examined the sources of maternal health information rural and urban Ghanaian mothers used during the pandemic. Specifically, we analyzed the role access to technology plays in determining the quantity and quality of maternal health information expectant mothers had during the pandemic. Through purposive and snowball sampling techniques, we recruited and conducted in-depth interviews with 15 mothers, eight from rural communities and seven from urban communities in Ghana. We thematically analyzed the data and found that rural and urban mothers used medical and non-medical sources to obtain maternal health information. While medical sources remained the most credible information source even amid the pandemic, the mothers equally appreciated the immense benefits of other sources, particularly the internet. Our findings also suggest that the motivations for using maternal health information sources complementarily were not limited to the mothers’ functional needs, level of interest, and source characteristics but also covered the mothers’ location, resources, and health information literacy levelsen_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/wjco-zulk
dc.identifier.citationKhamis, S., & Agboada, D. (2023). Maternal Health Information Disparities Amid Covid-19: Comparing Urban and Rural Expectant Mothers in Ghana. Media and Communication, 11(1), 173-183. doi: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.6092en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29779
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Arts & Humanitiesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCommunicationen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectmaternal health informationen_US
dc.subjectrural mothersen_US
dc.subjecturban mothersen_US
dc.titleMaternal Health Information Disparities Amid Covid-19: Comparing Urban and Rural Expectant Mothers in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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