Obstetric violence at the San José de Taisha Hospital, year 2020
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2021, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Obstetric violence constitutes a public health problem that needs to be controlled and eradicated worldwide, because it has become a disrespectful and abusive practice, normalized by health workers, and represents another form of violence towards women. In recent decades, these practices have been routinely carried out during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, which constitutes a violation of fundamental human rights such as the right to non-discrimination and the right to a life free of violence. Objective: To analyze the perception of health professionals about obstetric violence, in order to determine both the diffusion of the phenomenon and the level of normalization of violent and humiliating practices in health professionals who are trained and work in the Ecuadorian national system. The Hospital San José de Taisha, in the Amazonian part of the country, was chosen as a case study. Methodology: The research is qualitative with a phenomenological design and is carried out through consultation and analysis of secondary sources and semi-structured interviews with three health professionals. Theresults. It became evident that, although obstetric violence is already recognized in its dimension of structural violence and protocols of good practices have been issued, it was observed that it still persists in health centers and continues to be normalized. Conclusion: Obstetric violence practices are concentrated in physical mistreatment; inadequate maneuvers such as Kristeller, episiotomy, amniotomía and psychological mistreatment such as discrimination, shouting and value judgments
Authors and Affiliations
Iván Mauricio Alcocer Ortega, María del Carmen Saltos Rojas, Paola María Aurelia Barba Bailón, Joselyn Rosalía Martínez Martínez
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