Ghana Service Provision Assessment 2002
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
April, 2002 - May, 2002
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Health facility - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative
Summary
The results of the Ghana Service Provision Assessment 2002 were conducted as part of DHS 4. The purpose of the survey was to facilitate the evaluation of services related to child health promotion and the treatment of childhood illnesses, maternity care, family planning, and the prevention and management of STIs and HIV/AIDS. For the 2002 GSPA, 428 out of 1,444 facilities nationwide were sampled, including public and private hospitals, polyclinics, health centers, health posts, clinics, and private maternity homes. Data was gathered through interviews with health service providers and clients and observations of provider-client interactions.
Keywords
Ambulances, Analgesics, Anesthetic equipment, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antiretroviral therapy, BCG vaccines, Beds, Birth control pills, Community health clinics, Community health workers, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diagnostic equipment, Diarrhea, Drug supply, Education, Education degrees, Electricity, Emergency care, Emergency contraception, Family planning, Fever, Financial assistance for health, Gynecological equipment, Health care personnel, Health care services, Health facilities, Health facility conditions, Health literacy, Hib vaccines, Hospitals, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Injectable contraceptives, Interventions, Iron supplements, Lab personnel, Laboratory equipment, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Medical equipment, Medicines, Micronutrient supplements, Needles, Nurses, PMTCT, Patient counts, Pharmacists, Physical examinations, Physicians, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Surgical equipment, Surgical procedures, Syringes, Traditional birth control, Training programs, Unintentional injuries, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Yellow fever vaccines
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Suggested citation
Ghana Health Service, Ghana Statistical Service, Macro International, Inc, Ministry of Health (Ghana). Ghana Service Provision Assessment 2002. Calverton, United States of America: Macro International, Inc.