Transforming intrapartum care: Respectful maternity care

MA Bohren, Ö Tunçalp, S Miller - … Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Respectful maternity care is recommended by the World Health Organization and refers to
care that maintains dignity, privacy, confidentiality, ensures freedom from harm and …

Operationalizing respectful maternity care at the healthcare provider level: a systematic scoping review

RR Jolivet, J Gausman, N Kapoor, A Langer… - Reproductive health, 2021 - Springer
Background Ensuring the right to respectful care for maternal and newborn health, a critical
dimension of quality and acceptability, requires meeting standards for Respectful Maternity …

How women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: a cross-sectional study with labour observations and community-based surveys

MA Bohren, H Mehrtash, B Fawole, TM Maung… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Women across the world are mistreated during childbirth. We aimed to develop
and implement evidence-informed, validated tools to measure mistreatment during …

Respectful maternity care during labor and childbirth and associated factors among women who gave birth at health institutions in the West Shewa zone, Oromia …

GA Bulto, DB Demissie, AS Tulu - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020 - Springer
Background Skilled assistance during pregnancy and childbirth is one of the key
interventions in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. But studies have shown that …

Development of a tool to measure women's perception of respectful maternity care in public health facilities

ED Sheferaw, TZ Mengesha, SB Wase - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2016 - Springer
Background Maternal mortality continues to be the biggest challenge facing Ethiopia and
other developing countries. Although progress has been made in making maternity services …

Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZY Kassa, B Tsegaye, A Abeje - BMC international health and human …, 2020 - Springer
Background Disrespectful and abusive treatment of women by health care providers during
the process of childbirth at health facility is an international problem. There is a lack of data …

Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: labor observation and community survey

MA Bohren, JP Vogel, B Fawole, ET Maya… - BMC medical research …, 2018 - Springer
Background Efforts to improve maternal health are increasingly focused on improving the
quality of care provided to women at health facilities, including the promotion of respectful …

Obstetric violence and its associated factors among postnatal women in a Specialized Comprehensive Hospital, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

MS Mihret - BMC research notes, 2019 - Springer
Objective Obstetric violence is an often overlooked obstacle to quality maternal health care
service utilization. In the study setting, there was limited evidence on obstetric violence …

Lessons learned through respectful maternity care training and its implementation in Ethiopia: an interventional mixed methods study

A Asefa, A Morgan, MA Bohren, M Kermode - Reproductive health, 2020 - Springer
Background Improving respectful maternity care (RMC) is a recommended practice during
childbirth as a strategy to eliminate the mistreatment of women and improve maternal health …

Disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Western Ethiopia: Should women continue to tolerate?

F Tekle Bobo, H Kebebe Kasaye, B Etana, M Woldie… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Healthcare coverage in Ethiopia has improved dramatically in recent decades.
However, facility-based delivery remains persistently low, while maternal mortality remains …