Providing safe maternity care under challenging conditions in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women's health and the reduction in the global maternal mortality rate is a research priority worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the structural conditions that influence the maternity care provided for women in rural Ethiopia.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive study was conducted, composed of 28 individual in-depth interviews with midwives and women who had given birth during the past 8 months, and observations of maternity care at health centres and a primary hospital. A thematic analysis was conducted.

Results

The midwives do their utmost to save the lives of mothers and prioritise saving lives over providing compassionate care. Inadequate resources, such as equipment, medicine and water, affect the quality of care they provide for the bi

SUBMITTER: Mordal E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8033678 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature