Barriers and facilitators when seeking healthcare for septic children in Ghana: a single-centre qualitative study of patient caregivers and emergency department clinicians
Qualitative structured interviews identified facilitator and critical barrier themes about seeking healthcare, and sepsis identification/management in the paediatric population arriving for care in our centre in Kumasi, Ghana. This study highlights significant deficiencies in healthcare systems that make sepsis management challenging in these settings.
Authors
- Princess Ruhama Acheampong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-6487)
- Ebor Jacob James (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-6572)
- Heather A Wolfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2760-6286)
- Vinay Nadkarni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-5599)
- Vanessa Denny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7651-0205)
- Charlotte Woods-Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-0547)
- Timothy Kwabena Adjei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0330-0861)
- Ebenezer Dassah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-801X)
- John Adabie Appiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0386-6120)
- Justicia Amisah
- Gustav Nettey
- Larko Owusu
- Ebenezer Gyimah Mensah
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Paediatrics Open
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002814
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.44
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Cambridge