The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently WHO researchers described seven dimensions of mistreatment in maternity care that have adverse impacts on quality and safety. Applying the WHO framework for quality care, service users partnered with NGOs, clinicians, and researchers, to design and conduct the Giving Voice to Mothers (GVtM)-US study.

Methods

Our multi-stakeholder team distributed an online cross-sectional survey to capture lived experiences of maternity care in diverse populations. Patient-designed items included indicators of verbal and physical abuse, autonomy, discrimination, failure to meet professional standards of care, poor rapport with providers, and poor conditions in the health system. We quantified the prevalence of mistreatment by race, socio-demographics, mode of birth, place

SUBMITTER: Vedam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6558766 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature