ArticleInternational journal of women's health2014
Fear, guilt, and debt: an exploration of women's experience and perception of cesarean birth in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
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- 'They just told me to go to theatre': women's experiences and support needs following emergency caesarean section in Kawempe National referral hospital, Uganda.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- "Is she pregnant with Jesus?" exploring sociocultural obstacles to following medical advice in the context of stillbirth prevention in Nigeria.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Long travel times from health center to hospital reduce caesarean section access: a study from Kirehe District, Rwanda.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Women's hospital birth experiences in Harar, eastern Ethiopia: a qualitative study using Roy's Adaptation Model.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge and Beliefs on Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cesarean Section: A Mixed-Methods Study in Benin.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Discharge instructions given to women following delivery by cesarean section in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Caesarean section or vaginal delivery for low-risk pregnancy? Helping women make an informed choice in low- and middle-income countries.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Women's Experiences and Involvement in Decision-Making in Relation to Planned Cesarean Birth: An Interview Study.The Journal of perinatal education · 2021Article
- Do women prefer caesarean sections? A qualitative evidence synthesis of their views and experiences.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of caesarean section delivery in Ghana: a cross-sectional study using nationally representative data.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Maternal perceptions about caesarean section deliveries and their role in reducing perinatal and neonatal mortality in the Upper West Region of Ghana; a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- Cesarean section in sub-Saharan Africa.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2016Review
- After surgery: the effects of life-saving caesarean sections in Burkina Faso.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Article
- A cross sectional study evaluating screening using maternal anthropometric measurements for outcomes of childbirth in Ugandan mothers at term.BMC research notes · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis paper explores women's experience and perception of cesarean birth in Burkina Faso and its social and economic implications within the household.
methodsFive focus groups comprising mothers or pregnant women were conducted among residents of Bogodogo Health District in Ouagadougou to assess the perceptions of cesarean section (CS) by women in the community. In addition, 35 individual semistructured interviews were held at the homes of women who had just undergone CS in the referral hospital, and were conducted by an anthropologist and a midwife.
resultsHome visits to women with CS identified common fears about the procedure, such as "once you have had a CS, you will always have to deliver by CS". The central and recurring theme in the interviews was communication between patients and care providers, ie, women were often not informed of the imminence of CS in the delivery room. Information given by health care professionals was often either not explicit enough or not understood. The women received insufficient information about postoperative personal hygiene, diet, resumption of sexual activity, and contraception. Overall, analysis of the experiences of women who had undergone CS highlighted feelings of guilt in the aftermath of CS. Other concerns included the feeling of not being a "good mother" who can give birth normally, alongside concerns about needing a CS in future pregnancies, the high costs that this might incur for their households, general fatigue, and possible medical complications after surgery.
conclusionPoor quality of care and the economic burden of CS place women in a multifaceted situation of vulnerability within the family. CS has a medical, emotional, social, and economic impact on poor African women that cannot be ignored. Managers of maternal health programs need to understand women's perceptions of CS so as to overcome existing barriers to this life-saving procedure.
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