Title |
Respectful maternal and newborn care: building a common agenda
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Published in |
Reproductive Health, May 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12978-015-0042-7 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Emma Sacks, Mary V. Kinney |
Abstract |
In September, the World Health Organization released a statement on preventing and eliminating disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth. In addition to this important agenda, attention is also needed for the dignified care of newborn infants, who also deserve basic human rights and dignified care. In this commentary, we provide examples from the literature and other sources of where respectful care for newborn infants has been lacking and we give examples of opportunities for integration of maternal and newborn health care going forward. We illustrate the need for respectful treatment and consideration across the continuum of care: for mothers, stillborn infants, and all newborns, including those born too soon and those who die in infancy. We explain the need to document cases of neglect and abuse, count all births and deaths, and to include newborns and stillborn infants in the respectful care agenda and the post-2015 global reproductive care frameworks. |
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United States | 3 | 14% |
Nigeria | 3 | 14% |
South Africa | 1 | 5% |
India | 1 | 5% |
Kenya | 1 | 5% |
Jamaica | 1 | 5% |
Unknown | 11 | 52% |
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Members of the public | 17 | 81% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
Scientists | 1 | 5% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
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Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 199 | 99% |
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Student > Master | 38 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 13% |
Researcher | 23 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 8% |
Other | 42 | 21% |
Unknown | 39 | 19% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 53 | 26% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 25% |
Social Sciences | 26 | 13% |
Arts and Humanities | 4 | 2% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 1% |
Other | 22 | 11% |
Unknown | 43 | 21% |