Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries
Labor observation and community survey
Abstract
Efforts to improve maternal health are increasingly focused on improving the quality of care provided to women at health facilities, including the promotion of respectful care and eliminating mistreatment of women during childbirth. A WHO-led multi-country research project aims to develop and validate two tools (labor observation and community survey) to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth. This paper describes the development process for these measurement tools, and how they were implemented in a multi-country study (Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar and Nigeria).
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Bohren MA, Vogel JP, Fawole B, Maya ET, Maung TM, Baldé MD, Oyeniran AA, Ogunlade M, Adu-Bonsaffoh K, Mon NO, Diallo BA, Bangoura A, Adanu R, Landoulsi S, Gülmezoglu AM, Tunçalp Ö. Methodological development of tools to measure how women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: labor observation and community survey. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2018;18(1):132.