Institute for Educational Research and Innovation Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Department of Environment and Public Health, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana.
PLoS One. 2024 Oct 24;19(10):e0312353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312353. eCollection 2024.
Death registration is generally low in sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana. This study investigated the factors that motivate and serve as barriers in registering for a death certificate. A cross-sectional qualitative study design was used to interview twelve birth and death registration officers in Ghana. The interviews were analysed using Atlas.ti version 7.5. The results show that death registration in Ghana is generally low. Processing of a deceased person's estate emerged as the main motivation for the registration of death. Other motivators included the obligation to register deaths and the requirement of death certificates for burial. The barriers to death registration included the governance system at the cemetery, the hastiness in burying the dead, the perception of cost of death certificates, and less importance attached to death registration. Policymakers should consider these factors in the design of interventions to increase the rate of death registration in Ghana.
在包括加纳在内的撒哈拉以南非洲国家，死亡登记通常很低。本研究调查了促使人们注册死亡证明的因素，以及这些因素成为障碍的原因。采用横断面定性研究设计，对加纳的 12 名出生和死亡登记官员进行了访谈。使用 Atlas.ti 版本 7.5 对访谈进行了分析。结果表明，加纳的死亡登记总体上很低。处理死者遗产成为登记死亡的主要动机。其他动机包括登记死亡的义务和埋葬所需的死亡证明。死亡登记的障碍包括墓地的治理系统、匆忙埋葬死者、对死亡证明费用的看法，以及对死亡登记的重视程度较低。政策制定者在设计干预措施以提高加纳的死亡登记率时，应考虑这些因素。
