Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign Résumé
 
Creator Prollius, Almereau Joubert, Gina du Toit, Adelien Joubert, Susan Lourens, Tarina Steenkamp, Johanna J.
 
Subject — Knowledge; maternal health; medical students; public health; Saving Mothers — —
Description Maternal mortality in South Africa has been receiving attention since it became notifiable in 1997. The ’big five’ causes of maternal mortality are non-pregnancy-related infections (mainly HIV), complications of hypertension during pregnancy, obstetric haemorrhage, pregnancyrelated sepsis and pre-existing medical conditions. In many cases in which women die during pregnancy or childbirth, avoidable health worker-related factors can be identified. This study assessed the knowledge of different levels of medical students and health care workers at public health obstetric facilities in Bloemfontein concerning the Saving Mothers campaign.The self-administered, test-like questionnaire was completed by senior medical students,interns and obstetric personnel (nurses or midwives). Interns obtained the highest median score (48%) for the questionnaire, while nurses obtained a median score of 31%. The results strongly suggest that training specific to the Saving Mothers campaign is urgently required across all levels of health care personnel. Depuis 1997, la mortalité maternelle est devenue à déclaration obligatoire en Afrique du Sud; ce qui a permis d’ attirer plus d’ attention sur cet fléau. Les big five causes de mortalité maternelle sont les infections non lié à la grossesse (principalement le VIH/SIDA), les maladies survenant au cours de la grossesse telles que l'hypertension artérielle, l'hémorragie, et la septicémie, et les pathologies chroniques persistantes. Dans de nombreux cas de mortalité maternelle ou infantile, des facteurs remédiables et associés au personnel de santé peuvent être identifiés. Cette étude a évalué les connaissances des étudiants en médecine et des professionnels de santé publique des maternités de Bloemfontein sur la ‘Saving Mothers campaign. Pour cette étude, un questionnaire était rempli par des étudiants en médecine en fin de cycle, des internes, des infirmières et des sages-femmes. Les internes avaient obtenu le meilleur score médian (48%) de connaissance sur le sujet étudié, alors que les infirmières n’obtenaient que 31%. Les résultats montrent une urgente nécessité de formation spéciale lié au ‘Saving Mothers campaign‘ le pour le personnel de santé à tous les niveaux.
 
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Date 2011-02-28
 
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Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.184
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 3, No 1 (2011); 3 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Almereau Prollius, Gina Joubert, Adelien du Toit, Susan Joubert, Tarina Lourens, Johanna J. Steenkamp https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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