Status of institutional‐level respectful maternity care: Results from the national Ethiopia EmONC assessment

Sheferaw, Ephrem D.; Bakker, Rena; Taddele, Tefera; Geta, Abiyu; Kim, Youngmi; Akker, Thomas van den; Stekelenburg, Jelle

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13452

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“…These findings align with a 2015 systematic review by Bohren et al which found that health system factors, such as a lack of privacy or staffing shortages, can be experienced directly by women as mistreatment [ 3 ]. Our study’s findings are consistent with the global literature that suggests mistreatment is not merely an interpersonal problem, but is also driven by health system inadequacies that affect clients and providers alike [ 10 , 26 , 27 ].…”

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An exploratory study of client and provider experience and perceptions of facility-based childbirth care in Quiché, Guatemala

Sethi¹,

Hill²,

Stalls

et al. 2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Introduction Respectful maternity care (RMC) is fundamental to women’s and families’ experience of care and their decision about where to give birth. Studies from multiple countries describe the mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth, though only a small number of studies from Guatemala have been published. Less information is available on women’s negative and positive experiences of childbirth care and health workers’ perceptions and experiences of providing maternity care. Methods As part of a program implemented in the Western Highlands of Guatemala to improve quality of reproductive maternal newborn and child health care, a mixed methods assessment was conducted in three hospitals and surrounding areas to understand women’s and health workers’ experience and perceptions of maternity care. The quantitative component included a survey of 31 maternity health workers and 140 women who had recently given birth in these hospitals. The qualitative component included in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) with women and maternity health workers and managers. Results Women reported a mix of positive and negative experiences of childbirth care related to interpersonal and health system factors. 81% of surveyed women reported that health workers had treated them with respect while 21.4% of women reported verbal abuse. Fifty-five percent and 12% of women, respectively, reported not having access to a private toilet and bath or shower. During IDIs and FGDs, many women described higher rates of verbal abuse directed at women who do not speak Spanish. A regression analysis of survey results indicated that speaking Ixil or K’iche at home was associated with a higher likelihood of women being treated negatively during childbirth in a facility. Health worker survey results corroborated negative aspects of care described by women and also reported mistreatment of health workers by clients and families (70.9%) and colleagues (48.2%). Conclusions This study adds to the literature on women’s experience of institutional childbirth and factors that influence this experience by triangulating experience and perceptions of both women and health workers. This assessment highlights opportunities to address mistreatment of both women and health workers and to build on positive care attributes to strengthen RMC for all women.

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