Mehretie Adinew Yohannes, Kelly Janet, Marshall Amy, Hall Helen
College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia.
Adelaide Nursing School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Int J Womens Health. 2021 May 24;13:501-507. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S302208. eCollection 2021.
Every woman is entitled to respectful care during pregnancy and childbirth as a basic human right. However, not all women are being treated equally well.
This case study highlights some of the common disrespectful practices that women face. This is a testimony of a 28-year-old mother of two, narrated in her own words. The data were collected during an in-depth interview in November 2019. The interview was conducted in her house and her name has been changed to protect her identity. The interview was audio-taped using a digital voice recorder, later transcribed, and translated verbatim from the local language - Amharic, to English.
This woman's story highlights the unfortunate reality for some women. Five themes emerged from her narrative: denial of care: the provider left her unattended at a critical moment and denied her the care that she came for; non-consented care: she did not consent to the episiotomy; non-dignified care: she was carried by her arms and legs to the delivery couch, and left naked and bleeding on the couch after birth; taking a sick baby home without medical assistance: she was forced to leave the hospital even though her child had breathing difficulties and was not able to suck or breastfeed; and loss of trust in care providers: for her second birth this woman went to a facility where a relative works, as she no longer trusted these providers.
每位女性在怀孕和分娩期间都有权获得尊重性护理，这是一项基本人权。然而，并非所有女性都能得到同等良好的对待。
本案例研究突出了女性所面临的一些常见的不尊重行为。这是一位育有两个孩子的28岁母亲的自述。数据于2019年11月的一次深入访谈中收集。访谈在她家中进行，为保护其身份，她的名字已被更改。访谈使用数字录音机进行了录音，随后进行了转录，并逐字从当地语言——阿姆哈拉语翻译成英语。
这位女性的故事凸显了一些女性所面临的不幸现实。从她的叙述中出现了五个主题：护理被拒绝：医护人员在关键时刻让她无人照料，拒绝给予她前来寻求的护理；未经同意的护理：她不同意进行会阴切开术；不尊重尊严的护理：她被人四肢朝天地抬到产床上，产后赤身裸体、流血不止地留在产床上；在没有医疗帮助的情况下带患病婴儿回家：尽管她的孩子呼吸困难，无法吸吮或进行母乳喂养，她还是被迫离开医院；以及对医护人员失去信任：因为第二次分娩，这位女性去了一位亲戚工作的医疗机构，因为她不再信任这些医护人员。
