We hypothesise that this change will result in a decrease in iatrogenic harms associated with caesarean section inappropriately undertaken due to fear of litigation.
Our team includes members with expertise in: the law (Shammana, University of Hyderabad and Erdman, Dalhousie University, Canada); obstetrics/medicine (Torloni UNIFESP-EPM, Brazil, and Shammana); midwifery (Downe, UCLan UK) public and global health (Betran, WHO) and behavioural change (Altieri, WHO).
"Our innovation is to use Behavioural Insights approaches to co-design and pilot test a multi-media evidence and behavioural package for lawyers and judges related to maternity care, and, specifically, mode of birth"
Downe, Shamanna , Erdman, Torloni , Alteri , Borges, Betran
UCLan UK
University
of Hyderabad India
University
of Dalhousie Canada
São Paulo Federal University
UNIFESP-EPM Brazil
World Health Organisation