The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States

• Published in: Reproductive health Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 77 - 18
• Main Authors: Vedam, Saraswathi, Stoll, Kathrin, Taiwo, Tanya Khemet, Rubashkin, Nicholas, Cheyney, Melissa, Strauss, Nan, McLemore, Monica, Cadena, Micaela, Nethery, Elizabeth, Rushton, Eleanor, Schummers, Laura, Declercq, Eugene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.06.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Attitude of Health Personnel; Bullying; Childbirth; Childbirth & labor; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cultural differences; Delivery (Childbirth); Discrimination; Disrespect; Female; Health aspects; Health disparities; Health Facilities - standards; Health Personnel - standards; Health Services Accessibility; Human rights; Humans; Maternal child nursing; Maternal Health Services - standards; Medical care quality; Medical malpractice; Midwifery; Midwives; Mistreatment; Mortality; Mothers - psychology; Native peoples; Nongovernmental organizations; Obstetrics; Participatory research; Parturition - psychology; Physical Abuse - statistics & numerical data; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Privacy; Quality of care; Quality of Health Care - standards; Race; Reproductive health; Respectful maternity care; Social Stigma; Systematic review; United States; White women; Womens health; United States; United States > US; California; Abuse; Home birth; Midwifery; Health equity; Hospital birth; Pregnancy; Mistreatment; Participatory research; Respectful maternity care; Race; Disrespect; Quality measure; Childbirth

Recently WHO researchers described seven dimensions of mistreatment in maternity care that have adverse impacts on quality and safety. Applying the WHO framework for quality care, service users partnered with NGOs, clinicians, and researchers, to design and conduct the Giving Voice to Mothers (GVtM)...