Obstetric care navigation: a new approach to promote respectful maternity care and overcome barriers to safe motherhood

• Main Authors: Kirsten Austad (Author), Anita Chary (Author), Boris Martinez (Author), Michel Juarez (Author), Yolanda Juarez Martin (Author), Enma Coyote Ixen (Author), Peter Rohloff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Disrespectful and abusive maternity care is a common and pervasive problem that disproportionately impacts marginalized women. By making mothers less likely to agree to facility-based delivery, it contributes to the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality in low- and middle...