Lessons learned through respectful maternity care training and its implementation in Ethiopia: an interventional mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving respectful maternity care (RMC) is a recommended practice during childbirth as a strategy to eliminate the mistreatment of women and improve maternal health. There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of RMC interventions and implementation challenges, especially in low-resource settings. This study describes lessons learned in RMC training and its implementation from the perspectives of service providers' perceptions and experiences.

Methods

Our mixed methods study employed a pre- and post-intervention quantitative survey of training participants to assess their perceptions of RMC and focus group discussions, two months following the intervention, investigated the experiences of implementing RMC within birthing facilities. The intervention was a thr

SUBMITTER: Asefa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature