Associations Between Mistreatment by a Provider during Childbirth and Maternal Health Complications in Uttar Pradesh, India

• Published in: Maternal and child health journal Vol. 21; no. 9; pp. 1821 - 1833
• Main Authors: Raj, Anita, Dey, Arnab, Boyce, Sabrina, Seth, Aparna, Bora, Siddhartha, Chandurkar, Dharmendra, Hay, Katherine, Singh, Kultar, Das, Arup Kumar, Chakraverty, Amit, Ramakrishnan, Aparajita, Shetye, Mrunal, Saggurti, Niranjan, Silverman, Jay G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Care and treatment; Childbirth & labor; Delivery (Childbirth); Delivery, Obstetric - methods; Delivery, Obstetric - psychology; Discrimination (Psychology); Female; Gynecology; Health aspects; Health Personnel - psychology; Health Services Accessibility; Human rights; Humans; India - epidemiology; Maternal & child health; Maternal and Child Health; Maternal health services; Medical personnel; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mothers; Nurse Midwives - psychology; Parturition - psychology; Pediatrics; Physicians - psychology; Population Economics; Postpartum Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology; Professional-Patient Relations; Public Health; Quality of Health Care; Services; Social Class; Sociology; Womens health; India; Uttar Pradesh India; Discrimination; Abuse; Maternal health; Childbirth; India

Objectives This study assesses associations between mistreatment by a provider during childbirth and maternal complications in Uttar Pradesh, India. Methods Cross-sectional survey data were collected from women (N = 2639) who had delivered at 68 public health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, participati...