Deliver on Your Own: Disrespectful Maternity Care in rural Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Under the Free Maternity Policy (FMP), Kenya has witnessed an increase in health facility deliveries rather than home deliveries with Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) resulting in improved maternal and neonatal outcomes. Despite these gains, maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rates in Kenya remain unacceptably high indicating that more needs to be done.

Aim

Using data from the Access to Quality Care through Extending and Strengthening Health Systems (AQCESS) project's qualitative gender assessment, this paper examines women's experience of disrespectful care during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. The goal is to promote an improved understanding of the actual care conditions to inform the development of interventions that can lift the standard of care,

SUBMITTER: Lusambili AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946164 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature