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Obstetric violence and associated factors among women who gave birth at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology
Background Obstetric violence during labor and delivery is a significant contributor to maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Developing respectful maternity care during childbirth has been identified as an effective approach to reducing ...
Mitiku Desalegn, Aman Endris Shikur, Erstie Nigusse, Yidnekachew Dedachew, Tewoderos Shitemaw   +4 more
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Obstetric violence and its associated factors among HIV-positive women receiving birth care at public health facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Obstetric violence is an emerging health problem in maternal health services utilization. In the study context, there was limited evidence on obstetrics violence.
Anteneh Wondimagegn Assefa, Basha Ayele, Seteamlak Adane Masersha   +2 more
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‘Everything is Obstetric Violence Now’: Identifying the Violence in ‘Obstetric Violence’ to Strengthen Socio-legal Reform Efforts [PDF]

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Abstract Since its global uptake, ‘obstetric violence’ is increasingly used to capture any/all violations during reproductive healthcare, with few conceptual limits. Consequently, it runs the risk of becoming an overgeneralised concept, making it difficult to operationalise in socio-legal reform efforts.
Pickles C.
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Layers of inequality: gender, medicalisation and obstetric violence in Ghana [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background This study explored how gender inequalities in health systems influence women’s experiences of obstetric violence in Ghana. Obstetric violence is recognised as a major public health concern and human rights violation. In particular, it reduces
Abena Asefuaba Yalley
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Obstetric violence and associated factors among women during facility based childbirth at Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Introduction Obstetric violence is a specific form of violence against women that violates their human rights. Conducted by obstetric care providers regarding the body and reproductive processes of the woman, being characterized by dehumanized assistance,
Wondwosen Molla, Aregahegn Wudneh, Ruth Tilahun   +2 more
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Obstetric violence for professionals who assist in childbirth

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2023
Objectives: to know the perception of obstetric violence for professionals who assist in labor and delivery. Methods: the research was qualitative. Research participants were 22 professionals providing or assisting women during labor and delivery.
Angélica de Cássia Bitencourt, Samanta Luzia de Oliveira, Giseli Mendes Rennó   +2 more
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‘When helpers hurt’: women’s and midwives’ stories of obstetric violence in state health institutions, Colombo district, Sri Lanka

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background The paper explores how age, social position or class, and linguistic and cultural background intersect and place women in varying positions of control and vulnerability to obstetric violence in state health institutions in Colombo district ...
Dinusha Perera, Ragnhild Lund, Katarina Swahnberg, Berit Schei, Jennifer J. Infanti, on behalf of the ADVANCE study team   +5 more
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OBSTETRIC VIOLENCE: A WOMEN’S HUMAN AND PERSONALITY RIGHTS VIOLATION

Revista Juridica, 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: The present article is aimed to analyse the phenomenon of obstetric violence as a type of violation of women’s human rights. A great incidence of physical, sexual and psychological offenses against women during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium committed by healthcare workers has been documented worldwide.
TACH, Cynthia Lourenço, TOEBES, Brigit, FERIATO, Juliana Marteli Fais   +2 more
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Gender-based violence in healthcare institutions - legal response to gynecological and obstetrical violence [PDF]

Temida
Despite advancements in recent decades, various forms of violence against women persist, albeit in very different ways. Mistreatment and violence directed toward women’s bodies extend to the field of medicine, and gynecological and obstetric ...
Simić Jelena
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Del parir a la violencia obstétrica en México: acontecimiento y problema público

Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2023
By publishing cases of women giving birth outside public hospitals, on grass or sidewalks in Mexico, something that I refer to as an event in the article, I analyze the growing public discussion around obstetric violence in the country.
Alicia Márquez Murrieta
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