Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Assessment of maternity protection among healthcare workers in Ghana
Originally published 2025-01-30 · AJOG Global Reports
Elsevier · DOI 10.1016/j.xagr.2025.100447 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Assesses leave, cash support, health protection, discrimination and childcare together, showing how practical kindness extends across the whole maternity experience.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Which part of maternity support is still missing even when leave is paid?
Assesses leave, cash support, health protection, discrimination and childcare together, showing how practical kindness extends across the whole maternity experience.
Study context
102 female healthcare workers in Agona West District, Ghana.
Age / stage: Pregnant and breastfeeding adult employees recalling maternity protection.
Read with three questions
- How did paid-leave availability compare with leave length and work-related concerns?
- What unpleasant comments, promotion issues or childcare dissatisfaction were reported?
- Why does breastfeeding for six months differ from being able to breastfeed at work?
Keep the limits in view
A small district-specific self-report survey cannot establish national protection levels or causal effects; statutory descriptions reflect the source’s place and period.
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Joycelyn Darkwah; Augustina Koduah (2025). Assessment of maternity protection among healthcare workers in Ghana AJOG Global Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xagr.2025.100447
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