The effect of a multi-component intervention on disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abuya, Timothy ^a   Ndwiga, Charity ^a   Ritter, Julie ^b   Kanya, Lucy ^c   Bellows, Ben ^d   Binkin, Nancy ^b   Warren, Charlotte E ^e  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (Zambia)

^e POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DETENTION; DISRESPECT AND ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; LABOR STAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT ABUSE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK REDUCTION; SHIFT WORKER; TRUST; VERBAL HOSTILITY; BIRTH; INFANT; LABOR; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARTURITION; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VALUE OF LIFE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944274887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0645-6     Document Type: Article

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