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Mitigating disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanzania: an exploratory study of the effects of two facility-based interventions in a large public hospital

Overview of attention for article published in Reproductive Health, July 2016
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Title
Mitigating disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanzania: an exploratory study of the effects of two facility-based interventions in a large public hospital
Published in
Reproductive Health, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12978-016-0187-z
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Hannah L. Ratcliffe, David Sando, Goodluck Willey Lyatuu, Faida Emil, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Guerino Chalamilla, Ana Langer, Kathleen P. McDonald

Abstract

There is emerging evidence that disrespect and abuse (D&A) during facility-based childbirth is prevalent in countries throughout the world and a barrier to achieving good maternal health outcomes. However, much work remains in the identification of effective interventions to prevent and eliminate D&A during facility-based childbirth. This paper describes an exploratory study conducted in a large referral hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that sought to measure D&A, introduce a package of interventions to reduce its incidence, and evaluate their effectiveness. After extensive consultation with critical constituencies, two discrete interventions were implemented: (1) Open Birth Days (OBD), a birth preparedness and antenatal care education program, and (2) a workshop for healthcare providers based on the Health Workers for Change curriculum. Each intervention was designed to increase knowledge of patient rights and birth preparedness; increase and improve patient-provider and provider-administrator communication; and improve women's experience and provider attitudes. The effects of the interventions were assessed using a pre-post design and a range of tools: pre-post questionnaires for OBD participants and pre-post questionnaires for workshop participants; structured interviews with healthcare providers and administrators; structured interviews with women who gave birth at the study facility; and direct observations of patient-provider interactions during labor and delivery. Comparisons before and after the interventions showed an increase in patient and provider knowledge of user rights across multiple dimensions, as well as women's knowledge of the labor and delivery process. Women reported feeling better prepared for delivery and provider attitudes towards them improved, with providers reporting higher levels of empathy for the women they serve and better interpersonal relationships. Patients and providers reported improved communication, which direct observations confirmed. Additionally, women reported feeling more empowered and confident during delivery. Provider job satisfaction increased substantially from baseline levels, as did user reports of satisfaction and perceptions of care quality. Collectively, the outcomes of this study indicate that the tested interventions have the potential to be successful in promoting outcomes that are prerequisite to reducing disrespect and abuse. However, a more rigorous evaluation is needed to determine the full impact of these interventions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 359 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 74 20%
Researcher 42 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 34 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 28 8%
Student > Bachelor 20 6%
Other 70 19%
Unknown 95 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 84 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 77 21%
Social Sciences 43 12%
Psychology 10 3%
Engineering 7 2%
Other 29 8%
Unknown 113 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2024.
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#2,603,475
of 25,253,876 outputs
Outputs from Reproductive Health
#272
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Outputs of similar age
#46,359
of 372,893 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Reproductive Health
#2
of 28 outputs
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