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Decision making regarding unintended pregnancies among adolescents in Jamestown,
Accra, Ghana.
Luchuo, E.B.
2020
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Luchuo, E. B. (2020). Decision making regarding unintended pregnancies among adolescents in Jamestown,
Accra, Ghana. Decision making in adolescent pregnancy in Ghana.
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CONTENTS
PART I 1 Chapter 1 — Introduction 3
Chapter 2 — Research Questions 9
Chapter 3 — Research Design 11
PART 2 — Research Findings 23
Chapter 4 — Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Sub – Saharan Africa: A
systematic review 25
Chapter 5 — To keep or not to keep? Decision making in adolescent pregnancies in Jamestown: 57 Ghana Chapter 6 — Decision-making preferences and risk factors regarding early adolescent pregnancy in Ghana: Stakeholder perceptions from a vignette-based qualitative study : 81 Chapter 7 — Attitudes towards abortion and decision-making capacity of pregnant adolescents: perspectives of medicine, midwifery and law students in Accra, Ghana : 105 Chapter 8 — Ethical considerations in adolescent pregnancy resolution: options to optimize the uptake of reproductive health services in Ghana by adolescents : 125 Part III — Reflections: Who decides? Who should decide? : 145
Chapter 9 — Discussion and Conclusion: 147
APPENDICES 165
Summary 167
Acknowledgements 171
About the author 173
Publications 175
