Validating midwifery professionals' scope of practice and competency: A multi-country study comparing national data to international standards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a global shortage of midwives, whose services are essential to meet the healthcare needs of pregnant women and newborns. Evidence suggests that if enough midwives, trained and regulated to global standards, were deployed worldwide, maternal, and perinatal mortality would decline significantly. Health workforce planning estimates the number of midwives needed to achieve population coverage of midwifery interventions. However, to provide a valid measure of midwifery care coverage, an indicator must consider not only the raw number of midwives, but also their scope and competency. The tasks midwives are authorized to deliver and their competency to perform essential skills and behaviors provide crucial information for understanding the availability of safe, high-qu

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212099 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature