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OBSTETRIC VIOLENCE AMONG WOMEN WHO GAVE BIRTH AT WOLKITE UNIVERSITY REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN GURAGE ZONE,SNNP REGION, SOUTH ETHIOPIA, 2020
(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2021-01) Genet Gebre,; Ametlaziz Detemo,; Adisu Abebaw,
Background: globally, more than half million women die annually as a result of complications of pregnancy and laboring and delivering. Obstetric violence is one of the unspoken causes of maternal mortality and morbidity globally. Providing compassionate and respectful maternity care services to laboring mothers is one of the most important interventions to ensure survival of women. However, compassionate and respectful maternity care has received less attention both in practice and research. OBJECTIVE: assess the obstetric violence among women who gave birth at Wolkite University Referral Hospital SNNP Region, South Ethiopia, 2021 Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among women, who gave birth at Wolkite University Referral Hospital from December to January2021. Data will be collected by using Systematic random sampling technique. Data was collected using a Semi structured questionnaire adapted from literatures, then; the data was entered using EP- info version seven statistical software and analyzed using SPSS version 21. minimize the confounding effect of independent variables on outcome variable, p-values less than 0.05 had taken as statistically significant. Result: Out of three hundred thirty three study participants, had been participated in the study with a response rate of 100%. Two third (90.4%) of women reported that they had had been subjected to at least one form of OV during labor and delivery. The reported forms of obstetric violence include physical abuse- 454 (17.%), Non- consented care-626 (20.8%), Non confidential - 626 (24.2%), Non- dignified care- 478 (28.7%), Discrimination -109 (5.4%), Neglected care-191 (19.1%), Detention- 9 (2.7%).