The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States

Recently WHO researchers described seven dimensions of mistreatment in maternity care that have adverse impacts on quality and safety. Applying the WHO framework for quality care, service users partnered with NGOs, clinicians, and researchers, to design and conduct the Giving Voice to Mothers (GVtM)-US study.Our multi-stakeholder team distributed an online cross-sectional survey to capture lived experiences of maternity care in diverse...