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Guideline

WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights

Year of Publication
2019
Issuing Institution
WHO
Links
WHO IRIS,WHO IRIS,Google Scholar

Recommendations

22 included recommendations

Health education for women is an essential component of antenatal care. The following educational interventions and support programmes are recommended to reduce caesarean births only with targeted monitoring and evaluation. Childbirth training workshops (content includes sessions about childbirth fear and pain, pharmacological pain-relief techniques and their effects, non-pharmacological pain-relief methods, advantages and disadvantages of caesarean sections and vaginal delivery, indications and contraindications of caesarean sections, among others). ◆ Nurse-led applied relaxation training programme (content includes group discussion of anxiety and stress-related issues in pregnancy and purpose of applied relaxation, deep breathing techniques, among other relaxation techniques). ◆ Psychosocial couple-based prevention programme (content includes emotional self-management, conflict management, problem solving, communication and mutual support strategies that foster positive joint parenting of an infant). “Couple” in this recommendation includes couples, people in a primary relationship or other close people. ◆ Psychoeducation (for women with fear of pain; comprising information about fear and anxiety, fear of childbirth, normalization of individual reactions, stages of labour, hospital routines, birth process, and pain relief [led by a therapist and midwife], among other topics). When considering the educational interventions and support programmes, no specific format (e.g. pamphlet, videos, role play education) is recommended as more effective.

Status
Maintained

Context specific recommendation

Only in specific contexts

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