Sibiya Maureen Nokuthula, Madlala Siphiwe Themba, Ngxongo Thembelihle Sylvia
Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zululand, Empangeni, South Africa.
Afr Health Sci. 2019 Jun;19(2):2263-2269. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.52.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that student accoucheurs studying at the Free State School of Nursing in South Africa are faced with resistance, discrimination, rejection and unacceptability by pregnant women during their clinical placement at the Free State maternal health care institutions.
The aim of the study was to explore and describe the challenges faced by student accoucheurs regarding the maternal health care services they render to women.
An explorative, descriptive, and qualitative research design was employed to conduct the study. Purposive sampling was used to select student accoucheurs who met the inclusion criteria. Focus group discussion was used to collect data from the selected student accoucheurs. Data were analysed thematically, and the findings were triangulated with the integration of Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations as a theoretical framework that guided the study.
The findings in relation to the research question were synthesised under four themes: transcultural diversity, socio-economic factors, social interactions and relations, and gender inequality in the work place.
The study is a contribution to the emerging education and training of student accoucheurs body of knowledge in the Free State Province and to the global existing body of knowledge regarding the phenomena.
有传闻证据表明，在南非自由州护理学院学习的助产专业学生在自由州产妇保健机构临床实习期间，面临孕妇的抵制、歧视、排斥和不接受。
本研究旨在探讨和描述助产专业学生在为女性提供产妇保健服务方面所面临的挑战。
采用探索性、描述性和定性研究设计进行研究。采用目的抽样法选择符合纳入标准的助产专业学生。通过焦点小组讨论从选定的助产专业学生中收集数据。对数据进行主题分析，并将研究结果与佩普劳人际关系理论相结合进行三角验证，该理论作为指导研究的理论框架。
与研究问题相关的结果综合在四个主题下：跨文化多样性、社会经济因素、社会互动与关系以及工作场所的性别不平等。
本研究为自由州省新兴的助产专业学生教育培训知识体系以及全球关于该现象的现有知识体系做出了贡献。
