A. Altahir, A. A. Alaal, A. Mohammed
Dec 18, 2018
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Quality indicators
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American Journal of Public Health Research
Abstract
The access to good quality hospital care during childbirth has been identified as a key strategy in increasing maternal and infant survival. In spite of that, home delivery was 79.5% according to the Sudan 2010 Household Survey. Previous evidence tells that one of the major factors deterring pregnant women from delivering at a health facility is disrespectful and abusive treatment by the health care providers. This study attempted to measure the proportion of disrespectful and abusive care (DA therefore, health administrators should study and validate these protocols and their proper implementation.