Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign
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-ex...
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| author | Almereau Prollius Gina Joubert Adelien du Toit Susan Joubert Tarina Lourens Johanna J. Steenkamp |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c837872b421d4e0491dbd26887b150852022-12-21T17:13:43ZengAOSISAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine2071-29282071-29362011-02-0131e1e310.4102/phcfm.v3i1.18472Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaignAlmereau Prollius0Gina Joubert1Adelien du Toit2Susan Joubert3Tarina Lourens4Johanna J. Steenkamp5Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Free StateDepartment of Biostatistics, University of the Free StateSchool of Medicine, University of the Free StateSchool of Medicine, University of the Free StateSchool of Medicine, University of the Free StateSchool of Medicine, University of the Free StateMaternal 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.https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/184Knowledgematernal healthmedical studentspublic healthSaving Mothers |
| spellingShingle | Almereau Prollius Gina Joubert Adelien du Toit Susan Joubert Tarina Lourens Johanna J. Steenkamp Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine Knowledge maternal health medical students public health Saving Mothers |
| title | Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign |
| title_full | Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign |
| title_fullStr | Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign |
| title_short | Medical students’ and public obstetric health care workers’ knowledge of the Saving Mothers campaign |
| title_sort | medical students and public obstetric health care workers knowledge of the saving mothers campaign |
| topic | Knowledge maternal health medical students public health Saving Mothers |
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