A Study on Evaluation of Laqshay in Andaman
Keywords:
Babies, Laqshay, MaternityAbstract
Background: Respectful maternity care plays a major role in maintaining wellbeing of the mother and newborn, and ensures positive cognitive and emotional development of the babies later in life.
Objectives: Aim and objective of the study states to evaluate the implementation of respectful maternity Care and to evaluate the implementation of new born care guidelines in laqshay.
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was designed to meet the objectives on this study between January to April 2019 using a structured questionnaire.
Result: 95% of study population were not allowed to walk or change position during labour. Around 56.7% reported that direct pushing was done. Only 22% of mothers were allowed to choose their position of comfort. None were allowed to have a birth companion and all mothers were ensured privacy during labour.
Conclusion: Repeated counselling/ reinforcement to the staff members and surprise frequent visits by authorities concerned to the labour room will still improve the respectful maternal care.
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