An innovative intervention to improve respectful maternity care in three Districts in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth is a major violation of human rights and often deters women from attending skilled birth. In Ethiopia, mistreatment occurs in up to 49.4% of mothers giving birth in health facilities. This study describes the development, implementation and results of interventions to improve respectful maternity care. As part of a national initiative to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in Ethiopia, we developed respectful maternity care training module with three core components: testimonial videos developed from key themes identified by staff as experiences of mothers, skills-building sessions on communication and onsite coaching. Respectful maternity care training was conducted in February 2017 in three districts within thr

SUBMITTER: Mengistu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343890 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature