PATRIZIA QUATTROCCHI

Patrizia Quattrocchi

Professor of Medical and Cultural Anthropology. Dipartimento di Studi umanistici e del patrimonio culturale.
University of Udine
As women and as mothers, it is our duty to highlight our competencies and skills in childbirth and fight for our rights to demand respect for our own bio-psycho-social-cultural-cultural-spiritual and existential process of giving birth, which is both unique and miraculous.

Patrizia Quattrocchi

Expected objectives during the assignment period:

The development of new skills and the exchange of experience through research, training, knowledge exchange and transfer, dissemination and communication activities. Collaboration with a team of experienced researchers and experts in their respective fields from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, both academic and non-academic, as well as the development of materials and data collection.

Key research areas

Maternal and reproductive health and policy, obstetric violence, gender health issues, cross-cultural health, qualitative methods in health research.

Significant contributions to the scientific community:

Research in the area of sexual and reproductive health, with special interest in respectful childbirth, and produce educational materials.

Expectations regarding their contribution to the project:

A reevaluation of the policies, practices and collective imaginary around childbirth is required, with a focus on a more physiological and respectful approach to the process.

Motivation to participate in the Horizon Europe project:

As a researcher, I contribute to the implementation of a maternity care model that is more respectful of the needs and expectations of mothers, babies and families.