ArticleInternational journal of health professions2014
Improving Midwifery Care in Ugandan Public Hospitals: The Midwives' Perspective.
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- Putting co-creation into practice: lessons learned from developing a midwife-led quality improvement intervention.Global health action · 2023Article
- Midwives' perspectives about using individualized care plans in the provision of immediate postpartum care in Uganda; an exploratory qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Readiness of rural health facilities to provide immediate postpartum care in Uganda.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Self-perceived competency of midwives in Kenya: A descriptive cross-sectional study.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022Observational
- Barriers to effective management of primary postpartum haemorrhage following in-hospital births in northwest Ethiopia: healthcare providers' views using a qualitative approach.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Graduate Midwifery Education in Uganda Aiming to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes.Annals of global health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundA serious shortage of nurses and midwives in public hospitals has been reported in Uganda. In addition, over 80% of the nurses and midwives working in public hospitals have been found to have job stress and only 17% to be satisfied on the job. Stress and lack of job satisfaction affect quality of nursing and midwifery care and puts patients' lives at risk. This is coupled with rampant public outcry about the deteriorating nursing and midwifery care in Ugandan public hospitals.
objectiveTo explore factors that result in poor quality of midwifery care and strategies to improve this care from the perspective of the midwives.
methodIt was a qualitative exploratory design. Participants were midwives and their supervisors working in four Regional Referral hospitals in Uganda. Data was collected by FGDs and KIIs. Content analysis was used to analyze the transcribed data from the voice recordings.
resultsFour major themes emerged from the study. They were organizational (poor work environment and lack of materials/equipment), professional (midwives' attitudes, lack of supervision), public/consumer issues (interference) and policy issues (remuneration, promotion and retirement). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Midwives love their work but they need support to provide quality care. Continuous neglect of midwives' serious concerns will lead to more shortages as more dissatisfied midwives leave service.
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