HPS-096 - Self-medication and contributing factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a regional hospital in Ghana

• At: Copenhagen (Denmark) (2025)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-096
• By: APPIAH KUFFOUR, Angela (University Of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Ghana)
• Co-author(s): Ms Angela Appiah Kuffour (University Of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Accra, Ghana / Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, kumasi, Ghana)
  Dr Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo (Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, kumasi, Ghana)
  Dr. Salomey Asaah Denkyira (University Of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Accra, Ghana)
  Mr Daniel Freeman Owusu Ansah (University Of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Accra, Ghana)
  Dr Dominic Amon (University Of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Accra, Ghana)
  Mr Samuel Entsie (Tema General Hospital, Tema, Ghana)
  Dr. Janice Osei-Donkor (Tema General Hospital, Tema, Ghana)
  Dr Josephine Mensah (University Of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Accra, Ghana)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Self-medication is a common practice worldwide with different groups of people indulged in the practice. Self-medication during pregnancy is an issue of public health concern because of the adverse effects the medications have on both mothers and the growing fetus. Hence, the study aims to assess the prevalence of self-medication and..

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