Midwifery centers as enabled environments for midwifery: A quasi experimental design assessing women's birth experiences in three models of care in Bangladesh, before and during covid.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The midwifery model of care is a human rights-based approach (HRBA) that is unique and appropriate for the majority of healthy pregnant women, yet full expression may be limited within the medical model. Midwifery centers are facilities designed specifically to enable the practice of midwifery. In high resource countries, they have been shown to be cost effective, evidence-based, avoid over medicalization, and provide safe, efficient and satisfying care.

Methods

A quasi-experimental design was used to assess the impact of three models of care on women's experiences of respect, and trust in maternity care provision, both before and during the pandemic in Bangladesh, as well as their fear and knowledge around COVID-19, during the pandemic. The models were: "fully en

SUBMITTER: Stevens JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9714812 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature