Rena C Moon
The Associations between Childhood Obesity, Academic Performance, and Perception of Teachers: From Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
Childhood obesity (Print)
universal health coverage openly recognized united nations healthrelated sustainable development goals 2030 though missing millennium development goals ghana implemented national health insurance scheme programme 2004 improve financial access healthcare citizens programme targeting lowincome individuals households includes exempt policy older persons indigents despite population ageing evidence participation perceptions older persons scheme cash grant communities unknown hence paper examined prevalence perceptions factors associated health insurance enrollment among older persons cash grant communities ghana data crosssectional household survey 400 older persons60 years eight fgds 2017 2018 survey stratified simple random sampling techniques utilised selecting participants purposive stratified sampling techniques employed selecting focus group discussion participants data analyses included descriptive modified poisson regression approach tested pvalue 005 thematic analysis stata atlasti software used data management analyses mean age 737 years 593 females 565 resided rural communities 345 formal education twothirds agriculture threefourth noncommunicable diseases health insurance coverage 60 mainly achieved exempt age female adjusted prevalence ratio apr 129 95ci100167 selfrated health status bad apr 134 95ci109164 hospital healthcare utilisation apr 149 95ci128175 positively significantly associated health insurance enrollment respectively occupation agriculture reduced insurance enrollment 200 cited reasons poor perceptions scheme included technological challenges unsatisfactory services health insurance enrollment among older persons cash grant communities still universal addressing identified challenges integrating views older persons programme positive implications securing universal health coverage 2030