Global Research Priorities for Understanding and Improving Respectful Care for Newborns: A Modified Delphi Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As the respectful maternity care agenda expands, it is necessary to understand what the priorities are for improving respectful, dignified, and high-quality care for newborns. To catalyze and inform a developing research field, we undertook a prioritization exercise to identify global research questions.

Methods

We used a modified Delphi process to identify potential research priorities for understanding and addressing respectful care for newborns. Based on a literature review and expert discussions, we sent an open-ended questionnaire to participants in Round 1. The results were consolidated and used to create the Round 2 questionnaire, which asked participants to rank the preliminary list of research questions in 3 categories (descriptive, implementation, and

SUBMITTER: Palgi Hacker H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885351 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature