Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10515868 | Midwifery | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
these findings show that women's authority during childbirth is decreasing in the context of Safe Motherhood and the expansion of modern delivery care. This is likely to be an important reason why women underutilise professional care. Acquisition of knowledge from the traditional childbirth sector regarding how women exercise authority to facilitate childbirth would constitute an asset to skilled delivery and Safe Motherhood. The findings from Yemen are likely to be relevant for other low-income countries with similar persistent high home delivery rates, low status of women, and high maternal mortality and morbidity rates.
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Authors
Annica (Postgraduate research student), Töres (Professor), Fatoom (Secretary-General), Kyllike (Professor), Annika (Associate Professor),