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 …

All women should have access to high quality maternity services—but what do we know
about the health care available to and used by women? With a focus on low-income and …

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

Introduction A positive childbirth experience promotes women's health, both during and
beyond the perinatal period. Understanding what constitutes a positive childbirth experience …

Background Women across the world are mistreated during childbirth. We aimed to develop
and implement evidence-informed, validated tools to measure mistreatment during …

Estudos sobre desrespeitos e abusos/maus tratos/violência obstétrica durante gestação,
parto e puerpério têm aumentado nas últimas décadas. Entretanto, os pesquisadores …

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 …

Michelle Sadler, a Mário JDS Santos, b Dolores Ruiz-Berdún, c Gonzalo Leiva Rojas, d
Elena Skoko, e Patricia Gillen, f Jette A Clauseng a Assistant Professor, Departamento de …

Objective To investigate the meaning of the concept of 'obstetric violence'to women in
Sweden, who reported a negative birth experience. Design An inductive qualitative …

Background Poor quality of care at health facilities is a barrier to pregnant women and their
families accessing skilled care. Increasing evidence from low resource countries suggests …