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International Journal of
Population Studies Healthcare access and use among rural–urban migrants

Table 2. Characteristics of included studies
Author, year of publication Study aim/Purpose Study design Study sample
Baada et al., 2021 Explore reproductive health experiences Qualitative descriptive design Interviews with 30 female
among migrant women migrants and five focus group
discussions with ten women in
each group
Akazili et al., 2018 Identify factors affecting access to health-care Exploratory study design 68 migrants through six FGDs
services among informal workers in Northern through qualitative approach with a maximum of 8 – 10 in
Ghana each FGD and 15 IDIs
Asaana, 2015 Examine migrant women’s access to health Qualitative descriptive design 70 female migrants
services post-migration
Boateng et al., 2017 Examine the factors associated with the use of Quantitative cross-sectional 392 female migrants
NHIS among migrant female head porters in study design
Kumasi
Nyarko & Tahiru, 2018 Identify health-related concerns of female head Qualitative descriptive study 122 female migrants through
porters design IDIs
Owusu-Ansah et al., 2016 Describe and analyze factors associated with Quantitative cross-sectional 465 internal migrants
the utilization of health-care facilities among study design
migrants
Sznajder et al., 2020 Explore migration narratives of migrants’ Qualitative descriptive study 20 migrants
sexual and reproductive lives in an informal design
settlement in Accra
Rizwan et al., 2022 Explore the impact of social determinants of Qualitative approach N/A
health among migrants
Lattof, 2017 Examine the health status of female migrants Secondary analysis through a 625 female migrants through
who work in the informal sector mixed approach IDI (n=48) and remaining
questionnaires
Teye, 2019 Examine access to and utilization of Mixed approach using census 116 migrants and 116
health-care services in Ghana after migration and survey processing System non-migrants through ten IDIs
(CSPro) data and one unstructured expert
interview
Owusu & Yeboah, 2018 Examine factors affecting access to and Qualitative case study design N/A
utilization of healthcare among female
migrants
Munemo et al., 2021 Examine family practices among female Qualitative descriptive design Interviews with 19 female
migrant women migrants and three key
informants
Lattof, 2018 Identify factors that affect female migrants’ Mixed methods using primary 625 female migrants through
access to health-care services in Accra survey data semi-structured interviews
(four internal migrants) and
remaining questionnaires
Boateng, 2020 Investigate health-seeking behaviors of Quantitative case study 378 female migrants
migrant female head porters in the Kumasi approaches
metropolis
Yiran et al., 2015 Identify factors that promote or hinder access Mixed-method approaches 70 female migrants through 70
to maternal healthcare questionnaire survey
Shamsu-Deen & Adadow, 2019 Examine female migrants’ health-seeking Mixed-method using 216 female migrants through
behavior in Accra cross-sectional design survey questionnaires
Note: N/A indicates the unavailability of information regarding the study sample.
Abbreviations: FGD: Focus group discussion; IDI: In-depth interview; NHIS: National Health Insurance Scheme.

many are unable to afford the medications prescribed to (c) Perception of attitude of health personnel
them. It was also reported that doctors referred them to The reviewed studies documented unfriendly attitudes
private laboratories for tests to be conducted at their own and misconduct by some health professionals, who
expense (Akazili et al., 2018). were reported to be cold toward internal migrants,

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