Outcomes by birth setting and caregiver for low risk women in Indonesia: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care for women during pregnancy, labour, birth and the postpartum period is essential to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, however the ideal place and organisation of care provision has not been established. The World Health Organization recommends a two-tier maternity care system involving first-level care in community facilities, with backup obstetric hospital care. However, evidence from high-income countries is increasingly showing benefits for low risk women birthing outside of hospital with skilled birth assistance and access to backup care, including lower rates of intervention. Indonesia is a lower middle-income country with a network of village based midwives who attend births at homes, clinics and hospitals, and has reduced mortality rates

SUBMITTER: Hodgkin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6540424 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature