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Measuring health professionals' beliefs about skin‐to‐skin care during a cesarean.
- Source :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition; Oct2021, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Women and their newborns are at risk of delayed or withheld skin‐to‐skin care (SSC) during a caesarean, which is about one‐third of births, worldwide. To date, no instrument exists to assess health professionals' (HPs) beliefs, and potential barriers and strategies for implementing SSC during a cesarean. The study aims were to (1) develop an instrument, Health Professionals' Beliefs about Skin‐to‐Skin Care During a Cesarean (SSCB), (2) establish its validity and reliability and (3) describe HPs' beliefs about SSC during a caesarean. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were used to test the SSCB and describe HPs' beliefs. SSCB analysis yielded a content validity of 0.83 and reliability of α = 0.9. We grouped all practice roles as either nurses or physicians. The mean rank score for nurses (n = 120, M = 90) was significantly higher (p = 0.001) than physicians (n = 46, M = 79). Despite this difference, scores for both roles reflected support for SSC. Participants identified hospital readiness to implement SSC and maintaining maternal and newborn safety as major issues. SSCB is a valid, reliable instrument to measure HPs' beliefs about SSC during a caesarean birth. HPs can use the SSCB during quality improvement initiatives to improve access to immediate SSC for women who have a caesarean birth. Improved access can enhance breastfeeding outcomes and promote optimal maternal and child health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXPERIMENTAL design
OCCUPATIONAL roles
OPERATING rooms
RESEARCH evaluation
HEALTH services accessibility
FOCUS groups
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
MEDICAL personnel
QUANTITATIVE research
QUALITATIVE research
NURSES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HOSPITAL nursing staff
QUALITY assurance
CHILD health services
BREASTFEEDING
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
POSTNATAL care
CESAREAN section
PHYSICIANS
STATISTICAL sampling
PATIENT safety
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17408695
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152674583
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13219