Table 1 Expected Outcomes of the Study
From: Promoting respectful maternity care for adolescents in Ghana: a quasi-experimental study protocol
Specific Objective 1: Synthesise the available evidence relating to the mistreatment and the provision of respectful maternity care for adolescents during childbirth using a systematic review approach | Conduct a review of the existing published and grey literature on mistreatment and RMC globally for adolescents. Identify the reported prevalence and associated factors of mistreatment Identify interventions that address mistreatment and promote RMC |
Specific Objective 2:Estimate the prevalence of mistreatment during childbirth among adolescents | Conduct a baseline assessment of mistreatment across adolescent participants in intervention and control facilities. |
Specific Objective 3: Identify the risk factors and outcomes of intra-partum mistreatment among a cross-section of adolescents | Interview health professionals to explore their perceptions on the associated risk factors of mistreatment and its outcomes on adolescents, health professionals and the national health system. |
Specific Objective 4: Document and characterize the experiences of a group of adolescents who suffer mistreatment during childbirth | Interview adolescents on their detailed perceptions and personal experiences with intrapartum mistreatment |
Specific Objective 5: Determine the most and least common forms of Respectful Maternity Care offered to adolescent parturients | Conduct an evaluation of the most and least commonly occurring RMC practices offered in the selected intervention and control facilities |
Specific Objective 6: Determine the effectiveness of an intervention in promoting respectful maternity care and increasing satisfaction with facility-based births and skilled birth attendance for parturient adolescents | Implement an RMC training intervention across the selected intervention communities Conduct an endline assessment across intervention and control facilities to determine the prevalence of mistreatment Compute the differences in mistreatment and RMC between intervention and control facilities at baseline and endline. |