Obstetric care navigation: a new approach to promote respectful maternity care and overcome barriers to safe motherhood

Obstetric care navigation: a new approach to promote respectful maternity care and overcome barriers to safe motherhood

Abstract Background Disrespectful and abusive maternity care is a common and pervasive problem that disproportionately impacts marginalized women. By making mothers less likely to agree to facility-based delivery, it contributes to the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality in low- and middle...

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Main Authors: Kirsten Austad, Anita Chary, Boris Martinez, Michel Juarez, Yolanda Juarez Martin, Enma Coyote Ixen, Peter Rohloff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Reproductive Health
Subjects:
Maternal health
Respectful maternity care
Disrespect and abuse
Maternal mortality
Guatemala
Indigenous health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-017-0410-6

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