Communication Intervention Using Digital Technology to Facilitate Informed Choices at Childbirth in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Abstract:BACKGROUND
In Brazil, and in other low-and-middle-income countries, the excess of interventions in childbirth has been associated with an increase in preterm and early term births, contributing to stagnant morbidity and mortality of mothers and babies. The fact that women often report a negative experience in vaginal childbirth, with physical pain and feelings of unsafety, neglect or abuse, may explain the high acceptability of elective cesarean sections. The recognition of the informat… Show more
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