Promoting respectful maternal and newborn care using the Dignity game: A quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study assessed a) the impact of playing the Dignity board game on participants' understanding of respectful maternal and newborn care and b) participants' perceptions of how the game influenced their subsequent practice in Malawi and Zambia.

Background

Nurse-midwives' poor understanding of respectful maternal and newborn care can lead to substandard practice; thus, effective education is pivotal. Used in several disciplines, game-based learning can facilitate skills acquisition and retention of knowledge.

Design

a quasi-experimental study, using mixed-methods of data collection.

Methods

Data were collected between January and November 2020. Nurse-midwives (N = 122) and students (N = 115) were recruited from public hospitals and nursing schools. Complet

SUBMITTER: Actis Danna V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912051 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature