"… I carry their stories home …": experiences of nurses and midwives caring for perinatal adolescent mothers in primary health care settings in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adolescent mothers require trauma- and violence-informed care during the perinatal period due to trauma histories and ongoing violence as a result of pregnancy. Nurses and midwives play a critical role in caring for adolescent mothers in primary healthcare settings in Rwanda in the perinatal period.

Purpose

To explore the experiences of nurses and midwives working with adolescent mothers in selected primary healthcare settings in Rwanda to inform the delivery of trauma- and violence- informed care.

Methods

This study utilized an interpretive description qualitative approach and was conducted in eight primary healthcare settings in Rwanda. Twelve nurses and midwives working in perinatal services and four heads of health centers participated in in-depth ind

SUBMITTER: Nkurunziza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11368027 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature