Bearing witness: United States and Canadian maternity support workers' observations of disrespectful care in childbirth.

Background: Disrespectful care and abuse during childbirth are acknowledged global indicators of poor quality care. This study aimed to compare birth doulas' and labor and delivery nurses' reports of witnessing disrespectful care in the United States and Canada.

Methods: Maternity Support Survey data (2781 respondents) were used to investigate doulas' and nurses' reports of witnessing six types of disrespectful care.

North American Nurses' and Doulas' Views of Each Other.

Objective: To analyze factors that lead nurses and doulas to have positive views of each other.

Design: A multivariate analysis of a cross-sectional survey, the Maternity Support Survey.

Setting: Online survey with labor and delivery nurses, doulas, and childbirth educators in the United States and Canada.