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Obstetric violence, mistreatment of women during childbirth

Arab countries

• Reproductive Health
  • Women's experiences throughout the birthing process in health facilities in Arab countries: a systematic review [2022]

Brazil

• Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Disrespect and abuse, mistreatment and obstetric violence: a challenge for epidemiology and public health in Brazil [2022]

Ecuador

• BMC Women's Health
  • Social inequalities in women exposed to obstetric and gyneco-obstetric violence in Ecuador: a cross-sectional study [2022]

Ethiopia

• BioMed Research International
  • Disrespect and Abuse during Childbirth in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • The prevalence of respectful maternity care during childbirth and its determinants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Ghana

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Abuse and humiliation in the delivery room: Prevalence and associated factors of obstetric violence in Ghana [2023]

India

• Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
  • Respectful maternity care during childbirth in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
  • The nature of obstetric violence and the organisational context of its manifestation in India: a systematic review [2021]

International

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Respectful care during childbirth in health facilities globally: a qualitative evidence synthesis [2018]

• BMJ Global Health
  • WHO/HRP special supplement on understanding mistreatment of women during childbirth to improve quality of care [2022]

• Health and Human Rights Journal
  • Operationalizing a Human Rights-Based Approach to Address Mistreatment against Women during Childbirth [2020]
  • International Human Rights and the Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth [2016]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Ethical Framework for Respectful Maternity Care During Pregnancy and Childbirth [2021]

• PLoS Medicine
  • The Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth in Health Facilities Globally: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review [2015]

• Reproductive Health
  • Operationalizing respectful maternity care at the healthcare provider level: a systematic scoping review [2021]
  • Effectiveness of respectful care policies for women using routine intrapartum services: a systematic review [2018]

Iran

• Reproductive Health
  • Designing a respectful maternity care guideline: a multiphase study [2022]

Kenya

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • The effect of a multi-component intervention on disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya [2015]

• Population Council
  • Manifestations and drivers of mistreatment of women during childbirth in Kenya: implications for measurement and developing interventions [2017]

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Reproductive Health
  • Measuring mistreatment of women during childbirth: a review of terminology and methodological approaches [2017]

Malawi

• Midwifery
  • Perceptions and predictors of respectful maternity care in Malawi: A quantitative cross-sectional analysis [2022]

Nepal

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Mistreatment during childbirth and postnatal period reported by women in Nepal -a multicentric prevalence study [2022]

Netherlands

• Reproductive Health
  • Disrespect and abuse during labour and birth amongst 12,239 women in the Netherlands: a national survey [2022]

Nigeria

• SSM - Population Health
  • “By slapping their laps, the patient will know that you truly care for her”: A qualitative study on social norms and acceptability of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria [2016]

Republic of Guinea

• Reproductive Health
  • Perceptions and experiences of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea: a qualitative study with women and service providers [2017]
  • A qualitative study of women’s and health providers’ attitudes and acceptability of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea [2017]

Spain

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Obstetric Violence in Spain (Part III): Healthcare Professionals, Times, and Areas [2021]
  • Obstetric Violence in Spain (Part II): Interventionism and Medicalization during Birth [2020]
  • Obstetric Violence in Spain (Part I): Women’s Perception and Interterritorial Differences [2020]

• Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Factors Associated with Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Following Obstetric Violence: A Cross-Sectional Study [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC International Health and Human Rights
  • Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

• Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • Experiences of Health Facility Childbirth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence [2022]

• Midwifery
  • A landscaping review of interventions to promote respectful maternal care in Africa: Opportunities to advance innovation and accountability [2022]

• Reproductive Health
  • Midwives’ perspectives on (dis)respectful intrapartum care during facility-based delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis [2019]

United States

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vital Signs: Maternity Care Experiences — United States, April 2023 [2023]

• Reproductive Health
  • Examining respect, autonomy, and mistreatment in childbirth in the US: do provider type and place of birth matter? [2023]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • The prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth [2014]

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