The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of respectful maternity care: Findings from a global survey of health workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant adjustments to maternity care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the direct impacts of COVID-19 can compromise the quality of maternal and newborn care.

Aim

To explore how the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected frontline health workers' ability to provide respectful maternity care globally.

Methods

We conducted a global online survey of health workers to assess the provision of maternal and newborn healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected qualitative data between July and December 2020 among a subset of respondents and conducted a qualitative content analysis to explore open-ended responses.

Findings

Health workers (n = 1127) from 71 countries participated; and 120 participants from 33 countries provided qualitative

SUBMITTER: Asefa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9179099 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature