Improving institutional childbirth services in rural Southern Tanzania: a qualitative study of healthcare workers' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe health workers' perceptions of a quality improvement (QI) intervention that focused on improving institutional childbirth services in primary health facilities in Southern Tanzania.

Design

A qualitative design was applied using in-depth interviews with health workers.

Setting

This study involved the Ruangwa District Reproductive and Child Health Department, 11 dispensaries and 2 health centres in rural Southern Tanzania.

Participants

4 clinical officers, 5 nurses and 6 medical attendants from different health facilities were interviewed.

Results

The healthcare providers reported that the QI intervention improved their skills, capacity and confidence in providing counselling and use of a partograph during labour. The face-to-face QI

SUBMITTER: Jaribu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5051329 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature