Background Despite growing recognition of neglectful, abusive, and disrespectful treatment
of women during childbirth in health facilities, there is no consensus at a global level on how …

Background High maternal mortality and morbidity persist, in large part due to inadequate
access to timely and quality health care. Attitudes and behaviours of maternal health care …

Background Recently WHO researchers described seven dimensions of mistreatment in
maternity care that have adverse impacts on quality and safety. Applying the WHO …

Implementation research is important in global health because it addresses the challenges
of the know–do gap in real-world settings and the practicalities of achieving national and …

Background Emerging data show that many low-income and middle-income country (LMIC)
health systems struggle to consistently provide good-quality care. Although monitoring of …

Conversations regarding qualitative research and qualitative data analysis in global public
health programming often emphasize the product of data collection (audio recordings …

Background Poor quality of care including fear of disrespect and abuse (D&A) perpetuated
by health workers influences women's decisions to seek maternity care. Key manifestations …

Concerns about disrespect and abuse (D&A) experienced by women during institutional
birth have become critical to the discourse on maternal health. The rapid growth of the field …

Background In many countries, rates of facility-based childbirth have increased substantially
in recent years. However, insufficient attention has been paid to the acceptability and quality …

Background Tanzania is on track to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 for child
survival, but is making insufficient progress for newborn survival and maternal health (MDG …