- Title
- “I would have stayed home if I could manage it alone”: a case study of Ethiopian mother abandoned by care providers during facility-based childbirth
- Creator
- Adinew, Yohannes; Kelly, Janet; Marshall, Amy; Hall, Helen
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/193803
- Identifier
- vital:18227
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S302208
- Identifier
- ISSN:1179-1411 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Background: Every woman is entitled to respectful care during pregnancy and childbirth as a basic human right. However, not all women are being treated equally well. Case Presentation: This case study highlights some of the common disrespectful practices that women face. This is a testimony of a 28-year-old mother of two, narrated in her own words. The data were collected during an in-depth interview in November 2019. The interview was conducted in her house and her name has been changed to protect her identity. The interview was audio-taped using a digital voice recorder, later transcribed, and translated verbatim from the local language – Amharic, to English. Conclusion: This woman’s story highlights the unfortunate reality for some women. Five themes emerged from her narrative: denial of care: the provider left her unattended at a critical moment and denied her the care that she came for; non-consented care: she did not consent to the episiotomy; non-dignified care: she was carried by her arms and legs to the delivery couch, and left naked and bleeding on the couch after birth; taking a sick baby home without medical assistance: she was forced to leave the hospital even though her child had breathing difficulties and was not able to suck or breastfeed; and loss of trust in care providers: for her second birth this woman went to a facility where a relative works, as she no longer trusted these providers. © 2021 Mehretie Adinew et al.
- Publisher
- Dove Medical Press Ltd
- Relation
- International Journal of Women's Health Vol. 13, no. (2021), p. 501-507
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Mehretie Adinew et al
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3215 Reproductive medicine; 4204 Midwifery; Birthing centers; Ethiopia; Human rights abuses; Refusal to treat; Respect
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This project is funded by a PhD scholarship to YMA from The University of Adelaide.
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