Women's experience of childbirth care in health facilities: a qualitative assessment of respectful maternity care in Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respectful maternity care (RMC) remains a key challenge in Afghanistan, despite progress on improving maternal and newborn health during 2001-2021. A qualitative study was conducted in 2018 to provide evidence on the situation of RMC in health facilities in Afghanistan. The results are useful to inform strategies to provide RMC in Afghanistan in spite of the humanitarian crisis due to Taliban's takeover in 2021.

Methods

Focus group discussions were conducted with women (4 groups, 43 women) who had used health facilities for giving birth and with providers (4 groups, 21 providers) who worked in these health facilities. Twenty key informant interviews were conducted with health managers and health policy makers. Motivators for, deterrents from using, awareness about

SUBMITTER: Manalai P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10777596 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature