Silent Tears of Midwives: 'I Want Every Mother Who Gives Birth to Have Her Baby Alive'-A Narrative Inquiry of Midwives Experiences of Very Early Neonatal Death from Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Midwives working in settings with limited clinical resources experience high rates of very early neonatal deaths. Midwives manage the impact of this grief and trauma almost daily, which may affect patient care and their own well-being.

Research aims

To explore how midwives are impacted by and cope with high rates of very early neonatal deaths. To document midwives' insights and local solutions that may reduce very early neonatal deaths in limited resource settings. To document the stories of midwives in order to create awareness and garner support for midwives and their critical work in low resource settings.

Methods

Narrative inquiry utilizing semi structured interviews. Twenty-one midwives with at least six months experience who had experienced or witness

SUBMITTER: Becker J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10137186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature