Utilization of birth companionship and its associated factors among laboring mothers during facilities birth in sub-Saharan Africa. Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Birth companionship is one strategy for improving maternal and neonatal quality of care, as well as their outcomes. It is a low-cost and effective care that provide mothers with evidence-based practices throughout labor and delivery in health facilities. WHO has suggested that birth companionship can be given by a family member, spouse, friend, and doula. They support laboring mothers by offering comfort via touch, massage, warm baths, encouraging mobility, promoting fluid intake and output, supplying information about the status of labor and suggestions for coping strategies, and providing a communication channel between mothers and their caregivers that helps to reduce mother and newborn mortality on a globally and regionally. Despite this benefit, no systematic revi

SUBMITTER: Gudeta MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450795 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature