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Title Attitudes and behaviour of health care workers toward women during childbirth in Zambia
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8728
Date 2021
Author(s) Shindon, Kanonkela
Contributor(s) Tsolekile, Lungiswa
Abstract Magister Public Health - MPH - In recent years, the Chipata district has been making progress in promoting Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) implementation, with great emphasis on its underlying principles of ethics and psycho-sociocultural aspects as critical ingredients of care. RMC approach is individual-oriented and is based solely on the understanding of ethics and respect for human rights. Additionally, this approach utilizes evidence-based practices that recognize the needs and preferences of women and that of their newborns. Unfortunately, disrespectful and abusive care during childbirth has been found to discourage women from having their babies delivered by qualified health care workers, a practice that is essential in reducing maternal and neonatal mortalities. However, lacking are studies in the Chipata district that describe the prevalence of disrespectful and abusive maternity care.
Subject(s) Maternity care; Women's rights; Health services; Childbirth; Zambia
Language en
Publisher University of Western Cape
Rights University of Western Cape
Repository Cape Town - Theses and Dissertations, University of Western Cape
Added to C-A: 2022-02-23;10:48:39