Towards person-centred maternal and newborn care in Ethiopia: a mixed method study of satisfaction and experiences of care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Person-centred maternal care is associated with positive experiences in high-income countries. Little is known about the transferability of this concept to non-Western, low-income settings. We aimed to explore women's experiences of care and investigate satisfaction with antenatal care (ANC) in relation to person-centred care and unmet psychosocial needs in rural Ethiopia.

Methods

Design: facility-based, convergent mixed-method study. A cross-sectional survey included 2079 consecutive women attending ANC at eight health centres. Service satisfaction was measured using a 21-item validated measure.

Independent variables

[1] person-centred care (1A: receipt of information; 1B: perceived adequacy of health worker responses) and [2] unmet psychosocial needs (2A:

SUBMITTER: Eshetu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780771 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature