'They treat you like you are not a human being': maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana

Moyer CA 1 , Adongo PB 2 , Aborigo RA 3 , Hodgson A 4 , Engmann CM 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Global REACH, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School, 5115 Med Sci 1; 1301 Catherine St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: camoyer@umich.edu
  • 2 Department of Social and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. Electronic address: pbadongo@ug.edu.gh
  • 3 Navrongo Health Research Centre, PO Box 114, Navrongo UE/R, Ghana; Department of Public Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, MONASH University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehasan, Malaysia. Electronic address: raborigo@navrongo.mimcom.org
  • 4 Navrongo Health Research Centre, PO Box 114, Navrongo UE/R, Ghana. Electronic address: abraham.hodgson@ghsmail.org
  • 5 Departments of Pediatrics and Maternal and Child Health, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7596, 4th Floor, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7596, USA. Electronic address: Cyril_engmann@med.unc.edu
Midwifery, 2014 Feb;30(2):262-8.
PMID: 23790959 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.006

Abstract

to explore community and health-care provider attitudes towards maltreatment during delivery in rural northern Ghana, and compare findings against The White Ribbon Alliance's seven fundamental rights of childbearing women.

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