Pooja Sripad, Summer Peterson, Daoudou Idrissou, Martha Kamanga, Abigail Kezembe, Charity Ndwiga, Chantalle Okondo, Anja Noeliarivelo Ranjalahy, Natacha Stevanovic-Fenn, Charlotte E Warren, Brady Zieman, Sanyukta Mathur
A limited but growing body of literature shows that health care providers (HCPs) in reproductive, maternal, and newborn health face challenges that affect how they provide services. Our study investigates provider perspectives and behaviors using 4 interrelated power domains-beliefs and perceptions; practices and participation; access to assets; and structures-to explore how these constructs are differentially experienced based on one's gender, position, and function within the health system. We conducted a framework-based secondary analysis of qualitative in-depth interview data gathered with different cadres of HCPs across Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, and Togo (n=123)...
November 30, 2023: Global Health, Science and Practice