Assessment of women’s perspectives and experiences of childbirth and postnatal care using Q-methodology

For implementation to be successful, it is crucial that health-care providers understand the benefits and potential caveats of labour companionship, as well as the importance

All women have the right to high-quality, respectful maternity care, and supporting them to have a companion of choice during labour and childbirth can help to ensure this right

Individual sheets are provided with simplified versions of the messages on care during pregnancy (preparing a birth and emergency plan, clean home delivery, care for the mother

• Section 2: Symptoms: Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy; Vaginal bleeding after childbirth; Elevated blood pressure, headache, blurred vision, convulsions or loss

The findings of a review of qualitative studies looking at what matters to women during intrapartum care (23) indicate that most women, especially those giving birth for the

Recommendations are presented according to the intrapartum care context to which they are relevant, namely, care throughout labour and birth, care during the first stage of

g Wide confidence interval crossing the line of no effect and small sample size and/or few events... Comparison 2: Yoga techniques compared with control (no

Review the list of medicines and supplies by direct observation – staff who work in ante- natal care (ANC), delivery, postnatal care and neonatal care areas are often familiar with