Scientific Publication

Promoting childbirth companions in South Africa: a randomised pilot study

author(s) Garner, P.. - Smith, H.. - Brown, H.. - Hofmeyr, G.. - Nikodem, V.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Southern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

BMC Medicine, 2007, 5, (7), pp. 1-8

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Abstract

Most women delivering in South African State Maternity Hospitals do not have a childbirth companion; in addition, the quality of care could be better, and at times women are treated inhumanely. The authors piloted a multi-faceted intervention to encourage uptake of childbirth companions in state hospitals, and hypothesised that lay carers would improve the behaviour of health professionals

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