Awareness and perceptions of women regarding human rights related to maternal health in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global development community has increasingly come to frame preventable maternal mortality and morbidity principally as a violation of women's basic human rights, necessitating a human rights-based approach to be appropriately addressed. In this article, we explore how human rights are understood and perceived in relation to maternal health at the local level in rural Bangladesh. This is essential given the momentum at the global level to promote rights and apply rights-based approaches to maternal health.

Methods

A community-based, cross-sectional household survey was conducted in three upazilas (sub-districts) of Brahmanbaria district, Bangladesh in 2018. A total of 1367 women with a birth outcome in the past 12 months were interviewed. Descriptive statistic

SUBMITTER: Perkins JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571109 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature