BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Research article
Development of a tool to measure women’s perception of respectful maternity care in public health facilities
Maternal mortality continues to be the biggest challenge facing Ethiopia and other developing countries. Although progress has been made in making maternity services available closer to the community, the rate of deliveries attended by skilled birth attendants has remained very low. Absence of respectful maternity care (RMC) is believed to have contributed to low utilization of facility delivery services. This study outlines steps undertaken to construct and validate a scale that measures women’s perception of respectful maternity care provided in health facilities.
Ephrem D. Sheferaw, Teka Z. Mengesha and Solomon B. Wase
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2016 16:67
Published on: 29 March 2016