Implementing Respectful Maternity Care Intervention to Improve Perinatal Mental Health in Nepal

Disrespect and abuse during pregnancy and childbirth may have severe effects on maternal mental health and subsequent child development. This research project aims to develop, implement and evaluate an intervention focusing on improving respectful maternity care in Nepal. The project is part of WOMHER Research School.

Details

Period: 2021-01-01 – 2024-12-31
Funder: Internal funding

Beskrivning

Bristande respekt och nedsättande behandling i samband med graviditet och förlossning kan ha långtgående konsekvenser på mödrars psykiska hälsa, med effekter på barnets utveckling. Detta forskningsprojekt syftar till att utveckla, implementera och utvärdera en intervention som fokuserar på att förbättra bemötande och handhavande inom mödravården i Nepal. Projektet är en del av Womher research school.

Publications

Gurung R, Moinuddin M, Sunny AK, Bhandari A, Axelin A, Kc A. Mistreatment during childbirth and postnatal period reported by women in Nepal -a multicentric prevalence study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Apr 14;22(1):319. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04639-6. PMID: 35421934; PMCID: PMC9011987.
Gurung R, Ruysen H, Sunny AK, Day LT, Penn-Kekana L, Målqvist M, Ghimire B, Singh D, Basnet O, Sharma S, Shaver T, Moran AC, Lawn JE, Kc A; EN-BIRTH Study Group. Respectful maternal and newborn care: measurement in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Mar 26;21(Suppl 1):228. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03516-4. PMID: 33765971; PMCID: PMC7995692.
KC A, Moinuddin M, Kinney M, Sacks E, Gurung R, Sunny AK, Bhattarai P, Sharma S, Målqvist M. Mistreatment of newborns after childbirth in health facilities in Nepal: Results from a prospective cohort observational study. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 17;16(2):e0246352. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246352. PMID: 33596224; PMCID: PMC7888656.

Samarbetsparter

Golden Community, Nepal och Womher research school.

Project members

Project leader: Rejina Gurung

Contact

Rejina Gurung