An Exploration of Attitudes and Perceptions of Traditional Birth Attendants on their New Roles

This study is a qualitative study whose purpose was to explore the attitudes and perceptions of TBAs on their new roles. This study was conducted at Ekwendeni. Convenience sampling was used to select the participants from a population of 90 TBAs who were trained by Ekwendeni Mission Hospital. A sam...

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Main Author: Mwale, Jere Hilda
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Language:English
Published: Kamuzu University of Health Sciences 2022
Online Access:http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/533
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description This study is a qualitative study whose purpose was to explore the attitudes and perceptions of TBAs on their new roles. This study was conducted at Ekwendeni. Convenience sampling was used to select the participants from a population of 90 TBAs who were trained by Ekwendeni Mission Hospital. A sample •size of 23 TBAs was used. Data was collected using three Focus Group Discussions. Data analysis was done manually using Collaizi's method of content analysis. The study revealed that T BAs have knowledge of the changes in their role but have different views on the reasons for such changes. The study also found that despite having knowledge of the changes some TBAs still continue conducting deliveries. This study has concluded that there is minimal compliance to the TBAs changed roles. There is need for policy makers to revisit the policy and find other strategies of gradually replacing TBAs with Skilled attendants
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