Abuse during childbirth

Abuse during childbirth is the neglect, physical abuse and lack of respect during childbirth. This treatment is regarded as a violation of the woman's rights. It also has the affect of preventing women from seeking pre-natal care and using other health care services.[1]

Investigations into the prevalence of these practices have been conducted by the World Health Organization. Their studies demonstrate that this is a global problem. Women experience disrespectful, abusive or neglectful treatment during their childbirth when the birth occurs in medical and health facilities. The abusive relationship and trust between women and health providers can create a great reluctance to obtain medical assistance during birth. Disrespectful and abusive treatment can be experienced during pregnancy. During childbirth, a woman is very vulnerable and cannot protect herself. The results of this abuse can have very negative consequences for the infant and the mother.[2]

WHO has found situations and circumstances where health facilities have participated in physical abuse, the withholding of pain medication, disrespect, humiliation, lack of confidentiality, lack of privacy, lack of informed consent, forced sterilization, refusing to be admitted to the facility, neglect during the birth, involuntary medical procedures, lack of confidentiality, withholding medical information and detention of the women at the facility because she is unable to pay the facility. In addition, the neglect during childbirth has resulted in life-threatening complications that could have responded to appropriate medical intervention.[2]

Some women are more likely to experience abuse during childbirth. Adolescents, migrant women, women infected with HIV, and ethnic minority women are more likely than others to receive abuse.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

Using Wikipedia for Research

  1. ↑ "Prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth". World Health Organization. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "The prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth" (PDF). World Health organization. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Sando, David; Kendall, Tamil; Lyatuu, Goodluck; Ratcliffe, Hannah; McDonald, Kathleen; Mwanyika-Sando, Mary; Emil, Faida; Chalamilla, Guerino; Langer, Ana (1 December 2014). "Disrespect and Abuse During Childbirth in Tanzania: Are Women Living With HIV More Vulnerable?". Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). 67 (Suppl 4): S228–S234. PMC 4251905 Freely accessible. PMID 25436822. doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000000378.
  4. ↑ Okafor, Innocent I.; Ugwu, Emmanuel O.; Obi, Samuel N. (1 February 2015). "Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in a low-income country". International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics: The Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 128 (2): 110–113. PMID 25476154. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.08.015.
  5. ↑ Kujawski, Stephanie; Mbaruku, Godfrey; Freedman, Lynn P.; Ramsey, Kate; Moyo, Wema; Kruk, Margaret E. (1 October 2015). "Association Between Disrespect and Abuse During Childbirth and Women's Confidence in Health Facilities in Tanzania". Maternal and Child Health Journal. 19 (10): 2243–2250. PMID 25990843. doi:10.1007/s10995-015-1743-9.
  6. ↑ Kujawski, Stephanie A.; Freedman, Lynn P.; Ramsey, Kate; Mbaruku, Godfrey; Mbuyita, Selemani; Moyo, Wema; Kruk, Margaret E. (1 July 2017). "Community and health system intervention to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanga Region, Tanzania: A comparative before-and-after study". PLoS medicine. 14 (7): e1002341. PMC 5507413 Freely accessible. PMID 28700587. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002341.
  7. ↑ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003766.pub6/abstract
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