Protecting Women's and Newborns' Rights in a Public Maternity Unit During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Case of <i>Dra. Eloisa Diaz - La Florida</i> Hospital in Santiago, Chile

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dc.contributor.authorLeiva, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorSadler, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Camila
dc.contributor.authorQuezada, Susana
dc.contributor.authorFlores, Victor
dc.contributor.authorSierra, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorDiaz, Susan
dc.contributor.authorFigueroa, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T22:12:37Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T22:12:37Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe Maternity in Dra. Eloisa Diaz' hospital, located in the municipality of La Florida and city of Santiago, Chile, opened its doors in 2014, and has integrated a humanistic model of care called the "Safe Model of Personalized Childbirth" since 2016. With around 3,000 births per year, it has been recognized as an example of excellence in maternity care in the country. The COVID-19 outbreak presented a big challenge to this Maternity: to maintain its quality of care standards despite the health crisis. This article presents the Maternity's responses to the pandemic from March to July 2020, describing the strategies that were deployed and the obstetric outcomes achieved. Semi-structured interviews with midwives and OB-GYNs, and a retrospective review of the childbirth standards of care and outcomes of the 55 women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, were carried out. The results show how the Maternity's staff responded in order to avoid a significant negative impact on the rights of women and newborns. Protocols to reestablish the companion during labor and childbirth and skin-to-skin contact, which were suspended for almost three weeks at the beginning of the outbreak, and the creation of an Instagram account to communicate with the external community were some of the measures taken. After some initial weeks of adjustment, the standards of care for all women, included for those diagnosed with COVID-19, were reestablished almost to pre-pandemic levels. This case shows that quality of care can be maintained and the rights of women and newborns can be respected during health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fsoc.2021.614021
dc.identifier.eissn2297-7775
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.614021
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94432
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000679090800001
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaFrontiers in sociology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjecthumanistic childbirth
dc.subjecthuman rights in childbirth
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectmidwifery
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.titleProtecting Women's and Newborns' Rights in a Public Maternity Unit During the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Case of <i>Dra. Eloisa Diaz - La Florida</i> Hospital in Santiago, Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen6
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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