Midwifery as a Future Career: Determinants of Motivation Among Prep Students in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia
Daniel Tadesse,1 Solomon Weldemariam,2 Hadgay Hagos,2 Alekaw Sema,1 Meklit Girma2 1Midwifery Department, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; 2Midwifery Department, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray Regional State, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Daniel Tadesse Email daniel.tadesse@ddu.edu.etBackgro...
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| description | Daniel Tadesse,1 Solomon Weldemariam,2 Hadgay Hagos,2 Alekaw Sema,1 Meklit Girma2 1Midwifery Department, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; 2Midwifery Department, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray Regional State, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Daniel Tadesse Email daniel.tadesse@ddu.edu.etBackground: Midwifery is a profession that deals with care and advice during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and postpartum period including support for the newborn. Like other professions, the sustainability of midwives depends on recruiting new professionals who are inspired to train as their future career. In this regard, the inspiration of preparatory students to embracing the profession and secure the future midwife workforce is critical. In Ethiopia, there is no literature on the assessment of students’ intention toward the midwifery profession. Hence, this study is crucial to fill data scarcity.Objective: To assess the intention and related factors to choose midwifery as a future profession among preparatory students at Harar.Methodology: An institutional cross-sectional study was conducted on preparatory students from March 20 to April 12/2019. Self-administered questionnaires were randomly given to 423 students. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done for variables with p-value < 0.2 in binary logistic regression. The odds ratio was used to measure the degree of association.Results: Only 18.1% intended to choose midwifery as a future profession. The odds of considering to choose midwifery is 5 times higher in those who have a health professional mother [AOR= 5.518 p-value 0.009]. Students who have good perceptions are 7 times more likely to choose the profession [AOR= 7.072 p-value 0.00]. Students who perceived low regard toward the profession [AOR= 0.231 p-value 0.001] and blood contact as a barrier to be a midwife [AOR= 0.174 p-value 0.001] are less likely to choose it.Conclusion: Preparatory students in Harar have minimal intention to choose midwifery. This is due to a lack of information about the profession, poor perception, low regard to the profession, and fear of blood contact. This finding contributes to the midwifery association and ministry of health to enhance positive perception toward the profession.Keywords: intention, midwifery, profession, preparatory |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d00364aedf764a56b579308edf6f75cd2022-12-21T19:45:16ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582020-12-01Volume 111037104460817Midwifery as a Future Career: Determinants of Motivation Among Prep Students in Harar, Eastern EthiopiaTadesse DWeldemariam SHagos HSema AGirma MDaniel Tadesse,1 Solomon Weldemariam,2 Hadgay Hagos,2 Alekaw Sema,1 Meklit Girma2 1Midwifery Department, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; 2Midwifery Department, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray Regional State, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Daniel Tadesse Email daniel.tadesse@ddu.edu.etBackground: Midwifery is a profession that deals with care and advice during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and postpartum period including support for the newborn. Like other professions, the sustainability of midwives depends on recruiting new professionals who are inspired to train as their future career. In this regard, the inspiration of preparatory students to embracing the profession and secure the future midwife workforce is critical. In Ethiopia, there is no literature on the assessment of students’ intention toward the midwifery profession. Hence, this study is crucial to fill data scarcity.Objective: To assess the intention and related factors to choose midwifery as a future profession among preparatory students at Harar.Methodology: An institutional cross-sectional study was conducted on preparatory students from March 20 to April 12/2019. Self-administered questionnaires were randomly given to 423 students. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done for variables with p-value < 0.2 in binary logistic regression. The odds ratio was used to measure the degree of association.Results: Only 18.1% intended to choose midwifery as a future profession. The odds of considering to choose midwifery is 5 times higher in those who have a health professional mother [AOR= 5.518 p-value 0.009]. Students who have good perceptions are 7 times more likely to choose the profession [AOR= 7.072 p-value 0.00]. Students who perceived low regard toward the profession [AOR= 0.231 p-value 0.001] and blood contact as a barrier to be a midwife [AOR= 0.174 p-value 0.001] are less likely to choose it.Conclusion: Preparatory students in Harar have minimal intention to choose midwifery. This is due to a lack of information about the profession, poor perception, low regard to the profession, and fear of blood contact. This finding contributes to the midwifery association and ministry of health to enhance positive perception toward the profession.Keywords: intention, midwifery, profession, preparatoryhttps://www.dovepress.com/midwifery-as-a-future-career-determinants-of-motivation-among-prep-stu-peer-reviewed-article-AMEPintentionmidwiferyprofessionpreparatory |
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| title | Midwifery as a Future Career: Determinants of Motivation Among Prep Students in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia |
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