Journal article

Adolescent experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities: Secondary analysis of a community-based survey in four countries

TA Irinyenikan, AK Aderoba, O Fawole, O Adeyanju, H Mehrtash, K Adu-Bonsaffoh, TM Maung, MD Balde, JP Vogel, M Plesons, V Chandra-Mouli, Ö Tunçalp, MA Bohren

BMJ Global Health | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2022

Abstract

Introduction Pregnancy and childbearing among adolescents - especially younger adolescents - is associated with health complications and lost opportunities for education and personal development. In addition to established challenges adolescents and young women face in sexual and reproductive healthcare, evidence suggests that they also face mistreatment during childbirth. Methods This is a secondary analysis of the WHO study € How women are treated during facility-based childbirth' cross-sectional community survey in Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar and Nigeria. We used descriptive analysis to assess experiences of mistreatment among adolescents (15-19 years) and young women (20-24 years) and multiva..

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Awarded by United States Agency for International Development


Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the support of the American People through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, WHO. MAB's time is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE200100264) and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne).