The Birth Place Lab has developed novel instruments to improve the evaluation of maternity care, measure respectful care, and measure provider attitudes to planned home birth. These instruments include:
- The Mistreatment in Childbirth (MIST) index
- Mother’s Autonomy in Decision Making (MADM) scale
- The Mothers on Respect (MOR) index
These instruments are being applied across 23 countries to evaluate quality of maternity care at the institutional, system, and country levels.
This website also contains additional tools.