Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Australia; School of Nursing & Midwifery, Latrobe University, Australia.
School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia.
Women Birth. 2023 Sep;36(5):e536-e543. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2023.04.004. Epub 2023 May 5.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a high rate of preventable maternal and neonatal deaths.
Developing midwifery leadership is vital to addressing the current deficits in health outcomes for women and their babies. The PNG Midwifery Leadership Buddy Program responds to this need through leadership training and partnering of midwives across PNG and Australia. Participants in the program undertake a workshop in Port Moresby and commit to a 12-month peer support relationship with a midwife 'buddy'.
To evaluate participants' experiences of the Buddy Program and the impact of the program on leadership skills.
All 23 midwives who had completed the program were invited to participate in the evaluation. The study used a concurrent mixed methods approach. Qualitative data were collected via interviews and then thematically analysed. Quantitative data were collected via a survey and analysed with descriptive statistics, then findings were triangulated.
Participants reported increased confidence for leadership, action and advocacy. Numerous quality improvement projects were implemented in health services in PNG. Challenges to the success of the program included technological limitations, cultural differences and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants reported the PNG Midwifery Leadership Buddy Program was successful in increasing their leadership skills and collaborative opportunities, as well as strengthening midwifery more broadly. While there were barriers, most participants valued the experience and believed it benefited them professionally and personally CONCLUSION: The Buddy Program provides a practical model for building midwifery leadership capacity that may be transferrable to other contexts.
巴布亚新几内亚（PNG）有很高的可预防母婴和新生儿死亡。
培养助产士领导力对于解决当前妇女及其婴儿健康结果的不足至关重要。巴布亚新几内亚助产士领导力伙伴计划通过在巴布亚新几内亚和澳大利亚的助产士领导力培训和伙伴关系来满足这一需求。该计划的参与者在莫尔斯比港参加一个研讨会，并承诺与一名助产士“伙伴”建立为期 12 个月的同行支持关系。
评估参与者对伙伴计划的经验以及该计划对领导技能的影响。
所有完成该计划的 23 名助产士都被邀请参加评估。该研究采用了同期混合方法。通过访谈收集定性数据，然后进行主题分析。通过调查收集定量数据，并进行描述性统计分析，然后对发现进行三角剖分。
参与者报告说，他们在领导、行动和宣传方面的信心增强了。在巴布亚新几内亚的卫生服务中实施了许多质量改进项目。该计划成功的挑战包括技术限制、文化差异和 COVID-19 大流行。
参与者报告说，巴布亚新几内亚助产士领导力伙伴计划成功地提高了他们的领导技能和合作机会，同时也加强了助产士的工作。虽然存在障碍，但大多数参与者都重视这一经历，并认为这对他们的专业和个人都有好处。
伙伴计划为建立助产士领导力能力提供了一个实用的模式，可能适用于其他情况。
