"A person who does not have money does not enter": a qualitative study on refugee women's experiences of respectful maternity care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women's childbirth experiences in health facilities is at the core of quality of care. Their perceptions of poor-quality care, including disrespectful care at health facilities during childbirth, is recognized as a significant barrier to seeking care for subsequent births. Research that explores women's perspectives of the dimensions of disrespect and mistreatment during childbirth in Arab countries is scarce, and there is none pertaining to refugee groups who carry the burden of multiple vulnerabilities and who suffer from discontinued care, especially in fragile health systems. This paper aims at presenting Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugee women's experiences, understanding and interpretation of disrespect and mistreatment during childbirth in hospitals in Lebanon

SUBMITTER: Kabakian-Khasholian T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533279 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature