Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are economic tools that elicit the stated preferences of
respondents. Because of their increasing importance in informing the design of health …

While the most important factors associated with facility-based delivery (FBD) have been
explored within individual countries in Africa, no systematic review has explored the factors …

Background Poor quality of care including fear of disrespect and abuse (D&A) perpetuated
by health workers influences women's decisions to seek maternity care. Key manifestations …

Although qualitative studies have raised attention to humiliating treatment of women during
labour and delivery, there are no reliable estimates of the prevalence of disrespectful and …

signals a welcome shift in the perspective that should guide planning, implementation, and
assessment of maternal newborn health services: the analysis starts with what women need …

Women's experiences of disrespect and abuse depend less on normative standards than on
the unwritten norms in their locality. A specific set of behaviours or conditions will be agreed …

Background Poor quality of care at health facilities is a barrier to pregnant women and their
families accessing skilled care. Increasing evidence from low resource countries suggests …

Background Skilled attendants during labor, delivery, and in the early postpartum period,
can prevent up to 75% or more of maternal death. However, in many developing countries …

Background Interventions to reduce maternal mortality have focused on delivery in facilities,
yet in many low-resource settings rates of facility-based birth have remained persistently …

This report is a review of the evidence on the topic of disrespect and abuse in facilitybased
childbirth. The primary purpose of the report is to review the evidence in published and gray …