SynthesisSexual and reproductive health matters2023
Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries: an integrative review.
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- Obstetric Violence, Nurses' and midwives' perspectives and experiences: a meta-synthesis study.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Maternity Care Providers Perspectives and Experiences of Obstetric Violence in Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries: An Integrative Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- A Simultaneous Concept Analysis to Provide Clarity Between Obstetric Violence and Birth Trauma.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Review
- Women's Autonomy in Obstetric Care: A Qualitative Study on Violations and Experiences.Nursing & health sciences · 2026Article
- Status and influencing factors of obstetric violence in Shanghai, China: a multicenter cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Consequences and Coping Strategies Following Exposure to Obstetric Violence Among Maternity Healthcare Professionals.Nursing inquiry · 2026Article
- "It's Unjust to Treat Pregnant People this Way": Obstetric Violence Among Pregnant and Postpartum Asylum-seekers at the Mexico-U.S. Border.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Constructivist grounded theory and intersectionality in critical qualitative research: pathways to understanding reproductive injustice.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
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- Race-Related Stress as a Driver of Postpartum Depression Among a Sample of Black Mothers.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Reproductive coercion, medical mistrust, and Black women's health from the antebellum period to the 21International journal for equity in health · 2025Review
- 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
- The second victim phenomenon among midwives in Austria (SeViD-A3): A cross-sectional study.European journal of midwifery · 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
- A novice to expert analysis of skill development in birth doulas.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Development and validation of the Disrespect and Mistreatment during Childbirth Questionnaire: risk factors and effects on parenting stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Investigating Obstetric Violence in Ecuador: A Cross-Sectional Study Spanning the Last Several Years.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Obstetric violence has been documented throughout the world, yet this human rights issue has mostly been investigated in middle- and low-income countries where the intensity and brutality of abuse and mistreatment is more easily recognised as problematic. This integrative review aimed to analyse sources about obstetric violence in high-income countries with the objective of identifying gaps in the research, challenges to the study of obstetric violence, and solutions to framing research that meets those challenges. A systematic search was conducted using the PubMed and CINAHL databases from February to June 2022. Empirical and non-empirical sources, published in English, with no date restrictions, were retrieved. Citation searching was also done. Forty-six sources were included. Identified gaps in the research were: (a) scarce attention to obstetric violence in most high-income countries; (b) most US sources are non-scientific and from outside the healthcare disciplines; (c) inconsistencies in terminology; (d) most studies were conducted with samples of women who had given birth, with scant research about healthcare providers and obstetric violence, and (e) the association between obstetric violence and traumatic birth was under-recognised. Identified challenges to the study of obstetric violence were: (1) factors that enable and perpetuate obstetric violence are multilevel and nonlinear; (2) the phenomenon is contextually complex; and (3) blind spots from routinised harmful practices and normalised mistreatment can prevent healthcare providers and birthing people from recognising obstetric violence. A systems approach and complexity theory are guiding frameworks recommended as solutions to the challenges of studying and correcting obstetric violence.
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