Mistreatment of Women in Childbirth: Time for Action on This Important Dimension of Violence against Women

Rachel Jewkes; Loveday Penn-Kekana

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001849

Mistreatment of Women in Childbirth: Time for Action on This Important Dimension of Violence against Women

PLoS Med. 2015 Jun 30;12(6):e1001849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001849. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Authors

Rachel Jewkes¹, Loveday Penn-Kekana²

Affiliations

¹ Gender & Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Maternal Health Group, Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Delivery, Obstetric / psychology*
Female
Global Health*
Humans
Parturition / psychology*
Postpartum Period / psychology*
Pregnancy
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology*
Stress, Psychological / psychology*
Violence*

Grants and funding

LPK is funded by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Merck & Co. for her time at LSHTM. She is also funded by NWO-WOTRO. RJ declares no funding for this work.