Measuring responsiveness and respectful treatment in maternity care in sub-Saharan Africa: a questionnaire validation and development of a score.

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Introduction

The importance of respectful maternity care on optimal maternal outcomes is increasingly acknowledged globally. However, mistreatment and abuse are still experienced by women during hospital childbirth in many parts of the world, with sub-Saharan Africa being one of the places where it is most common. Interventions aiming to improve respectful maternity care must be able to assess the prevalence of responsiveness and mistreatment women experience. This is usually done with questionnaires, though these are not always validated. Scores to represent the level of responsiveness and mistreatment experienced can be created from questionnaire results and have many uses, though no score is consistently used in this field. A new questionnaire measuring responsiveness and respec

SUBMITTER: Morris Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11927248 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature