ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023
The association between labor companionship and obstetric violence during childbirth in health facilities in five facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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- Status and influencing factors of obstetric violence: a mixed study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The role of birth companionship in women's experiences of mistreatment during childbirth and postpartum anxiety and depression: An analysis of a cross-sectional survey.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The politics of reproduction and the realities of obstetric violence in Ghana.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Layers of inequality: gender, medicalisation and obstetric violence in Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Postpartum depression symptoms: prevalence, risk factors, and childbirth experiences in Palestine.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Exploring Healthcare Providers' and Women's Perspectives of Labor Companionship during Childbirth: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Utilization of birth companionship and its associated factors among laboring mothers during facilities birth in sub-Saharan Africa. Systematic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
- Addressing obstetric violence: a scoping review of interventions in healthcare and their impact on maternal care quality.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies show that the presence of companionship during childbirth leads to positive outcomes for women. This study investigates the protective effect of having a labor companion on obstetric violence in the health facilities of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
methodsA secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study of women who gave birth in five health centers in the occupied Palestinian territory up to 8 weeks following childbirth was performed. The presence of a labor companion was examined in relation to socioeconomic variables and physical abuse, verbal abuse or stigma or discrimination, failure to achieve professional standards, vaginal examinations, and pain relief.
resultsAccording to the findings, the total number of women with a labor partner or a birth companion present at any stage during the labor process was 92% in the West Bank, and 77.4% in the Gaza Strip. According to the timing of support, 23.5% of women had a labor companion present during labor, childbirth, and after childbirth whilst in the hospital. Women who did not have labor companions were more likely than women who did to report at least one sort of mistreatment, such as unconsented procedures. Women with a labor companion were less likely to report abuse (16%) compared to women without labor companion. In terms of informed permission for procedures, 75% of women who did not have a labor companion had unconsented episiotomy.
conclusionLabor companionship assists women by providing them with companions who are less likely to be mistreated during labor. Efforts should be made to best implement the presence of labor companions, including the duration of the labor companionship and women's preferences.
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