SynthesisSexual and reproductive health matters2021
The nature of obstetric violence and the organisational context of its manifestation in India: a systematic review.
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- Racialized migrant women's discrimination in maternal care: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
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- Women's Autonomy in Obstetric Care: A Qualitative Study on Violations and Experiences.Nursing & health sciences · 2026Article
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- Towards dignified healthcare: Patients' understanding and experiences of respectful and disrespectful care in healthcare facilities in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- "I can't believe it wasn't perfect": childbirth experiences of Ghanaian birth tourists in the United States of America.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Effect of person-centered intervention on women's knowledge and attitude towards obstetric violence during facility childbirth in southwest Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of person-centered intervention on obstetric violence during facility-based childbirth among women who delivered in public hospitals in Southwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Layers of inequality: gender, medicalisation and obstetric violence in Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Midwifery service managers' readiness for prevention of obstetric violence in Nigeria: A community readiness model.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Group Antenatal Care Start-Up in the Indian Private Sector: An Implementation Journey to Improve Quality of Care.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2024Article
- Cultural Adaptation, Validation and Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of an Obstetric Violence Scale in the Spanish Context.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- Making research ethics work for global health: towards a more agile and collaborative approach.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Theories for interventions to reduce physical and verbal abuse: A mixed methods review of the health and social care literature to inform future maternity care.PLOS global public health · 2023Review
- Disrespect and abuse in maternity care in a low-resource setting in Tanzania: Provider's perspectives of practice.PloS one · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Childbirth: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Analysis of the Concept of Obstetric Violence: Scoping Review Protocol.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Obstetric violence and its association with postnatal depression: A longitudinal community-based study in rural Jharkhand, India.Women's health (London, England)Article
- Prevalence of Abuse during Childbirth in an Urbanized Village of Delhi: A Mixed-Method Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
Over the last decades, the Indian government has adopted several strategies and programmes to encourage institutional childbirth and reduce maternal mortality. However, ensuring institutional delivery does not of itself ensure safe and dignified delivery and there are frequently episodes of violence during childbirth. Obstetric violence has long-term adverse effects on the health and well-being of women. The present study attempts to understand the nature of obstetric violence and the organisational contexts in which patterns of violent behaviours and actions emerge and are reproduced, contributing to obstetric violence. A database search for literature was conducted on PubMed and studies on women's experience during childbirth in health facilities in India were selected, based on the inclusion criteria. The present review's findings show that the most prevalent form of obstetric violence is verbal abuse followed by physical abuse and other dehumanising behaviour. Women from lower castes, Muslim communities, and low-income families were shown to be more likely to encounter dehumanising and neglectful behaviour from care providers in public health facilities. Obstetric violence during childbirth arises from encounters between care providers and women at an individual level, health system failures, and an abusive institutional atmosphere and culture. The abusive environment in health facilities fosters fear about facility care among women, contributes to worsened health outcomes, and deters women from further utilisation of health care services. Therefore, along with expanding institutional births and access to emergency obstetric care, measures should be taken to ensure dignified and caring treatment of women during childbirth.
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