Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: labor observation and community survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts to improve maternal health are increasingly focused on improving the quality of care provided to women at health facilities, including the promotion of respectful care and eliminating mistreatment of women during childbirth. A WHO-led multi-country research project aims to develop and validate two tools (labor observation and community survey) to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth. This paper describes the development process for these measurement tools, and how they were implemented in a multi-country study (Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar and Nigeria).

Methods

An iterative mixed-methods approach was used to develop two measurement tools. Methodological development was conducted in four steps: (1) initial tool development; (2) validity

SUBMITTER: Bohren MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238369 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature