Frequency of reported abuse, stigma and discrimination during facility-based childbirth among migrant mothers and their suggestions for improvement: a mixed method WHO standards-based multicentre study in Italy
This study shows that both migrant and non-migrant mothers are exposed to abuse, stigma and discrimination during childbirth, and that both are willing to provide practical suggestions, which should be used for planning actions to improve QMNC.
Authors
- Cristina Fabiani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7525-2550)
- Lucia Pecci
- Emanuelle Pessa Valente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-4628)
- Marta Massaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1252-9142)
- Jenny Bua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2599-0701)
- Benedetta Covi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7635-0654)
- Ilaria Mariani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-4788)
- Marzia Lazzerini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8608-2198)
- Giuseppe Lazzara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1953-5817)
- Jaspreet Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0603-037X)
- Francesca Saretta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9443-5483)
- Roberta Giornelli
- Stefania Maccor
- Valentina Moretti
- Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0011-4510)
- Maria Francesca Piazza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-3609)
- Giada Casetta
- Maria Paola Miani
- C.M.M.O. Franzin
- Eleonora Mognato
- Sara Battistin
- Erica Pizzocchero
- Anna Michelutti
- Veronika Pertner
- Aurora Bertelloni
- Karen Loisotto
- Simona Not
- Maria Marika Manfrida
Institutions
- University of Trieste (IT)
- The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
- IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo (IT)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Ospedale Sant Antonio (IT)
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Viterbo (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Degli Angeli (IT)
- Danieli (Italy) (IT)
- Ospedale di Latisana (IT)
- Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine (IT)
- Ospedale di Monfalcone (IT)
- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102009
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Society of Forensic Odontology
- Ministero della Salute