Competence of health workers in emergency obstetric care: an assessment using clinical vignettes in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana

Terhi Johanna Lohela; Robin Clark Nesbitt; Alexander Manu; Linda Vesel; Eunice Okyere; Betty Kirkwood; Sabine Gabrysch

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010963

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Competence of health workers in emergency obstetric care: an assessment using clinical vignettes in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana

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Terhi Johanna Lohela Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robin Clark Nesbitt Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander Manu Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Linda Vesel Innovations for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Concern Worldwide US, New York, New York, USA Health Section, Programme Division, UNICEF Headquarters, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eunice Okyere Department of Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Ghana Health Service, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Betty Kirkwood Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sabine Gabrysch Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Terhi Johanna Lohela; terhi.lohela{at}helsinki.fi

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Lohela TJ, Nesbitt RC, Manu A, et al

Competence of health workers in emergency obstetric care: an assessment using clinical vignettes in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana

BMJ Open 2016;6:e010963. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010963

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Received December 23, 2015
Revised April 22, 2016
Accepted April 27, 2016
First published June 13, 2016.

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November 27, 2023

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