Module 04:
Promoting Respectful Maternity and Newborn Care
Welcome to the fourth module in the ERMC course. This module has been developed to further your knowledge of the consequences of disrespectful care for women during labor and birth and ways to promote ERMC. A list of resource requirements to promote ERMC is also provided, as well as an example of a case scenario of providing ERMC. Finally, this module will end with a post-course completion survey that includes reflection on equity and respect in maternity care.
Module 04:
Promoting Respectful Maternity and Newborn Care
Welcome to the fourth module in the ERMC course. This module has been developed to further your knowledge of the consequences of disrespectful care for women during labor and birth and ways to promote ERMC. A list of resource requirements to promote ERMC is also provided, as well as an example of a case scenario of providing ERMC. Finally, this module will end with a post-course completion survey that includes reflection on equity and respect in maternity care.
Main Resource Requirements for RMC
3. Supplies
Up-to-date, written standards and benchmarks for RMC
Provisions for staff in the labor ward, e.g., refreshments
Health education materials, in an accessible written or pictorial format and available in the languages of the communities served by the health care facility
A standard informed consent form
Information (written or pictorial, e.g., as leaflets) for the woman and her companion
Availability of essential medicines in sufficient quantities for labor and childbirth care