'They treat you like you are not a human being': maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana.

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Published in Midwifery on June 19, 2013

Authors

Cheryl A Moyer1, Philip B Adongo2, Raymond A Aborigo3, Abraham Hodgson4, Cyril M Engmann5

Author Affiliations

1: Global REACH, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School, 5115 Med Sci 1; 1301 Catherine St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: camoyer@umich.edu.
2: Department of Social and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. Electronic address: pbadongo@ug.edu.gh.
3: Navrongo Health Research Centre, PO Box 114, Navrongo UE/R, Ghana; Department of Public Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, MONASH University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehasan, Malaysia. Electronic address: raborigo@navrongo.mimcom.org.
4: Navrongo Health Research Centre, PO Box 114, Navrongo UE/R, Ghana. Electronic address: abraham.hodgson@ghsmail.org.
5: Departments of Pediatrics and Maternal and Child Health, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7596, 4th Floor, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7596, USA. Electronic address: Cyril_engmann@med.unc.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience Study Phase 2 in Migori County (CPIPE2) | NCT05019131

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