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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020

Jordanian women's experiences and constructions of labour and birth in different settings, over time and across generations: a qualitative study.

Suha Abed Almajeed Abdallah Hussein, Hannah G Dahlen, Olayide Ogunsiji, Virginia Schmied

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Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07539376 (Effect of Social Support During Labor on Satisfaction, Anxiety and Pain Level at a Jordanian Governmental Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT07539376 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Social Support During Labor on Satisfaction, Anxiety and Pain Level at a Jordanian Governmental Hospital

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hashemite UniversityRan2021 to 2022Enrolled150ConditionsLabor Delivery, Maternal and Neonatal OutcomesArmsSupportive person during labor
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 authors.

Suha Abed Almajeed Abdallah HusseinSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Hannah G DahlenSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Olayide OgunsijiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Virginia SchmiedSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South, NSW, 2751, Australia. V.Schmied@westernsydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-1781

Funding

University of Western Sydney Postgraduate Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOverwhelmingly, women in Middle Eastern countries experience birth as dehumanising and disrespectful. Women's stories can be a very powerful way of informing health services about the impact of the care they receive and can promote practice change. The aim of this study is to examine Jordanian women's experiences and constructions of labour and birth in different settings (home, public and private hospitals in Jordan, and Australian public hospitals), over time and across generations.

methodA qualitative interpretive design was used. Data were collected by face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 27 Jordanian women. Of these women, 20 were living in Jordan (12 had given birth in the last five years and eight had birthed over 15 years ago) while seven were living in Australia (with birthing experience in both Jordan and Australia). Interview data were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically.

resultsWomen's birth experiences differed across settings and generations and were represented in the four themes: 'Birth at home: a place of comfort and control'; 'Public Hospital: you should not have to suffer'; 'Private Hospital: buying control' and 'Australian maternity care: a mixed experience'. In each theme, the concepts: Pain, Privacy, the Personal and to a lesser extent, Purity (cleanliness), were present but experienced in different ways depending on the setting (home, public or private hospital) and the country.

conclusionsThe findings demonstrate how meanings attributed to labour and birth, particularly the experience of pain, are produced in different settings, providing insights into the institutional management and social context of birth in Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries. In the public hospital environment in Jordan, women had no support and were treated disrespectfully. This was in stark contrast to women birthing at home only one generation before. Change is urgently needed to offer humanised birth in the Jordanian maternity system.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAustraliaBirth SettingFemaleHome ChildbirthHospitals, PrivateHospitals, PublicHumansJordanLabor, ObstetricLabor PainMaternal Health ServicesMiddle AgedParturitionHuman rightsLabour painLabour supportPain reliefPrivacywomen's empowerment

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