ArticleHealth SA = SA Gesondheid2021
Experience of midwives in providing care to labouring women in varied healthcare settings: A qualitative study.
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- Midwives' practice challenges in triaging expectant mothers: a qualitative study in Mpumalanga maternity units, South Africa.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Midwives' experiences regarding recordkeeping during intrapartum care in Limpopo Province healthcare facilities.Curationis · 2024Article
- Work Situation of Midwives in Spain: Perception of Autonomy and Intention to Leave the Profession: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Strategies to Reduce Maternal Death Rate and Improve the Provision of Quality Healthcare Services in Selected Hospitals of Vhembe District Limpopo Province.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- "Midwives are heroes of the country": qualitative evaluation of a midwifery education program in South Sudan.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Midwives' and Nurse Midwives' Autonomy Experience in Caring for Laboring Women in Health Facilities: A Systematic Review With Metasynthesis.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
backgroundMidwives are essential to timely, effective, family-centred care. In South Africa, patients have often expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of midwifery care. Negative interpersonal relationships with caregivers, lack of information, neglect and abandonment were consistent complaints. Less is known about how midwives experience providing care.
aimThis research explored and described the experiences of midwives in providing care to labouring women in varied healthcare settings.
settingMidwives practicing in the Gauteng province, South Africa, in one of three settings: private hospitals, public hospitals or independent maternity hospital.
methodsA convenience sample of midwives (
resultsFive themes were found: proud to be a midwife, regulations and independent function, resource availability, work burden and image of the midwife.
conclusionMidwives struggle within systems that fail to allow independent functioning, disallowing a voice in making decisions and creating change. Regardless of practice setting, midwives expressed frustration with policies that prevented utilisation consistent with scope of practice, as well as an inability to practice the midwifery model of care. Those in public settings expressed concern with restricted resource appropriation. Similarly, there is clear need to upscale midwifery education and to establish care competencies to be met in providing clinical services. CONTRIBUTION: This research provides evidence of the midwifery experience with implications for needed health policy change.
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