A critical review: developing a birth integrity framework for epidemiological studies through meta-ethnography.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, there has been growing evidence that women worldwide experience sub-standard care during facility-based childbirth. With this critical review, we synthesize concepts and measurement approaches used to assess maternity care conditions and provision, birth experiences and perceptions in epidemiological, quantitative research studies (e.g., obstetric violence, maternal satisfaction, disrespect or mistreatment during childbirth, person-centered care), aiming to propose an umbrella concept and framework under which the existing and future research strands can be situated. On the 82 studies included, we conduct a meta-ethnography (ME) using reciprocal translation, in-line argumentation, and higher-level synthesis to propose the birth integrity multilevel framework. We perfo

SUBMITTER: Batram-Zantvoort S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565979 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature