A multilevel analysis of the predictors of health facility delivery in Ghana: Evidence from the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey.

Health facility delivery has the potential to improve birth and general health outcomes for both newborns and mothers. Regrettably, not all mothers, especially in low-and-middle income countries like Ghana deliver at health facilities, and mostly under unhygienic conditions. Using data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, we fitted both weighted single-level and random intercept multilevel binary logistic regression models to analyse predictors of a health facility delivery among mothers aged 15-49 years and to quantify unobserved household and community differences in the likelihood of health facility delivery.

Joint modelling of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and its associated factors among women in Ghana: Multivariate response multilevel modelling methods.

Elevated blood pressure is the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases related mortality and a major contributor to non-communicable diseases globally, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where about 74.7 million people live with hypertension. In Ghana, hypertension is epidemic with prevalence of over 30% and experiencing continuing burden with its associated morbidity and mortality.