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Respectful care during childbirth in health facilities globally: a qualitative evidence synthesis
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Background: What constitutes respectful maternity care (RMC) operationally in research and programme implementation is often variable. Objectives: To develop a conceptualisation of RMC. Search strategy: Key databases, including PubMed,CINAHL,EMBASE, Global Health Library, grey literature, and reference lists of relevant studies. Selection criteria: Primary qualitative studies focusing on care occurring during labour, childbirth, and/or immediately postpartum in health facilities, without any restrictions on locations or publication date. Data collection and analysis: A combined inductive and deductive approach was used to synthesise the data; the GRADE CERQ ual approach was used to assess the level of confidence in review findings. Main results: Sixty‐seven studies from 32 countries met our inclusion criteria. Twelve domains of RMC were synthesised: being free from harm and mistreatment; maintaining privacy and confidentiality; preserving women's dignity; prospective provision of information and seeking of informed consent; ensuring continuous access to family and community support; enhancing quality of physical environment and resources; providing equitable maternity care; engaging with effective communication; respecting women's choices that strengthen their capabilities to give birth; availability of competent and motivated human resources; provision of efficient and effective care; and continuity of care. Globally, women's perspectives of what constitutes RMC are quite consistent. Conclusions: This review presents an evidence‐based typology of RMC in health facilities globally, and demonstrates that the concept is broader than a reduction of disrespectful care or mistreatment of women during childbirth. Innovative approaches should be developed and tested to integrate RMC as a routine component of quality maternal and newborn care programmes. Tweetable abstract: Understanding respectful maternity care – synthesis of evidence from 67 qualitative studies.
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- Shakibazadeh, E., Namadian, M., Bohren, M., Vogel, J., Rashidian, A., Nogueira Pileggi, V, Madeira, S., Leathersich, S., Tunçalp, Ӧ., Oladapo, O., Souza, J., & Gülmezoglu, A.
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- BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-12-08
- Volume
- 125
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 932-942
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- 0306-5456 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-0328
- 1471-0528
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- W2767456678
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- 461
- References
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- FWCI
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- Language
- en
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