Respectful Maternity and Newborn Care

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3, 313 - 326, 25.12.2025

Müjde Gül Güven , Tuba Koç Özkan

https://doi.org/10.47115/jshs.1462466

Öz

Respectful maternity and newborn care is a universal human right for every childbearing woman and newborn in the healthcare system worldwide. Quality care during pregnancy and childbirth is one of the key interventions to reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. These negative experiences of women during the birth process can cause permanent damage and deep emotional trauma in women. At the same time, the newborn is exposed to situations such as early separation from the mother, delayed first breastfeeding, and no skin-toskin contact, both immediately after birth and in the following periods. Individual centered maternity and newborn care is an individual-centered approach based on ethical, human rights and respect principles. It encourages practices that address the preferences of women and the needs of women and newborns during the birth process. Absence of ill treatment against women during childbirth does not mean respectful delivery and newborn care. Without a clear framework for provider behavior that reflects the principles of Individual Centered Maternity Care, it is difficult in practice to ensure that every woman and newborn receives respectful care. In this article, the definition, history and importance of respectful birth and newborn care are mentioned.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Birth , Newborn , Women , Respectful Maternity , Newborn Care

Saygılı Annelik ve Yenidoğan Bakımı

Öz

Saygılı Annelik Bakımı, dünya genelindeki tüm sağlık sisteminde doğurgan her kadın ve yenidoğan için evrensel insan hakkıdır. Gebelik ve doğum sırasındaki nitelikli bakım, anne ve yenidoğanın morbidite ve mortalitesini azaltmayı sağlayan anahtar müdahalelerden biridir. Kadınların doğum sürecindeki bu olumsuz deneyimleri, kadınlarda kalıcı hasara ve derin duygusal travmalara neden olabilir. Aynı zaman da yenidoğan hem doğumdan hemen sonra hem de daha sonraki dönemlerde anneden erken ayrılması, ilk emzirmenin geç olması, ten tene temasın uygulanması gibi durumlara maruz kalmaktadır. Saygılı annelik ve yenidoğan bakımı, etik, insan hakları ve saygı ilkelerine dayalı, bireyi merkeze alan bir yaklaşımdır. Doğum sürecinde kadınların tercihlerine, kadınların ve yenidoğanların ihtiyaçlarına yönelik uygulamaları teşvik etmektedir. Doğum sürecinde kadına yönelik kötü muamelenin olmaması, saygılı doğum ve yenidoğan bakımının verildiği anlamına gelmemektedir. Saygılı Annelik Bakımı ilkelerini yansıtan net bir çerçeve olmadan, hastanelerde her kadının ve yenidoğanın saygılı bakım almasını sağlamak zordur. Bu derlemede saygılı annelik ve yenidoğan bakımının tanımı, tarihçesi ve öneminden bahsedilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Doğum , Yenidoğan , kadın , annelik , yenidoğan bakımı

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