Assessment of midwifery care providers intrapartum care competencies, in four sub-Saharan countries: a mixed-method study protocol

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dc.contributor.author Moller, A‑B
dc.contributor.author Welsh, J
dc.contributor.author Gross, M. M.
dc.contributor.author Petzold, M
dc.contributor.author Ayebare, E
dc.contributor.author Chipeta, E
dc.contributor.author Hounkpatin, H
dc.contributor.author Kandeya, B
dc.contributor.author Mwilike, B
dc.contributor.author Sognonvi, A
dc.contributor.author Hanson, C
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-21T12:25:15Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-21T12:25:15Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Moller, A. B., Welsh, J., Gross, M. M., Petzold, M., Ayebare, E., Chipeta, E., ... & Hanson, C. (2021). Assessment of midwifery care providers intrapartum care competencies, in four sub-Saharan countries: a mixed-method study protocol. Reproductive health, 18, 1-9. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.muhas.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3237
dc.description.abstract Background: We aim to assess competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of midwifery care providers as well as their experiences and perceptions of in-service training in the four study countries; Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda as part of the Action Leveraging Evidence to Reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa project (ALERT). While today more women in low- and middle-income countries give birth in health care facilities, reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality have been less than expected. This paradox may be explained by the standard and quality of intrapartum care provision which depends on several factors such as health workforce capac‑ ity and the readiness of the health system as well as access to care. Methods: Using an explanatory sequential mixed method design we will employ three methods (i) a survey will be conducted using self-administered questionnaires assessing knowledge, (ii) skills drills assessing basic intrapartum skills and attitudes, using an observation checklist and (iii) Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to explore midwifery care providers’ experiences and perceptions of in-service training. All midwifery care providers in the study facilities are eligible to participate in the study. For the skills drills a stratifed sample of midwifery care providers will be selected in each hospital according to the number of providers and, professional titles and purposive sampling will be used for the FGDs. Descriptive summary statistics from the survey and skills drills will be presented by country. Conventional content analysis will be employed for data analysis of the FGDs. Discussion: We envision comparative insight across hospitals and countries. The fndings will be used to inform a targeted quality in-service training and quality improvement intervention related to provision of basic intrapartum care as part of the ALERT project. Trial registration: PACTR202006793783148—June 17th, 2020. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Reproductive health;18, 1-9.
dc.subject Midwifery care providers en_US
dc.subject Intrapartum care en_US
dc.subject In-service training en_US
dc.subject Multi country study en_US
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa en_US
dc.title Assessment of midwifery care providers intrapartum care competencies, in four sub-Saharan countries: a mixed-method study protocol en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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