Milku Netsanet Demissie, Abose Diriba Wakjira, Gelaw Kelemu Abebe, Mokonnon Taklu Marama, Teshome Makeda Sinaga
School of Midwifery, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.
School of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Science, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug 7;24(1):903. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11389-y.
Many factors can decrease job productivity and cause physical and psychological complications for health care professionals providing maternal care. Information on challenges and coping strategies among healthcare professionals providing maternal healthcare services in rural communities is crucial. However, there needs to be more studies, especially qualitative research, to explore challenges and coping strategies for providing maternal health care services in Ethiopia among health care professionals, particularly in the Wolaita zone.
To explore the challenges and coping strategies of professionals providing maternal health care in rural health facilities in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, in 2023.
A phenomenological qualitative study design was applied from May 20 to June 20, 2023. The study was conducted in rural areas of the Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Healthcare professionals from rural areas were selected using purposive sampling, and in-depth interviews were conducted. A qualitative thematic analysis was employed to analyze the data. Field notes were read, recordings were listened to, and each participant's interview was written word for word and analyzed using ATLAS.ti 7 software.
Five main themes emerged from the data analysis. These themes included inadequate funding from the government, societal barriers to health and access to health care, professionals' personal life struggles, infrastructure related challenges and health system responsiveness, and coping strategies. Reporting to responsible bodies, teaching mothers about maternal health care services, and helping poor mothers from their pockets were listed among their coping strategies.
Healthcare professionals have a crucial role in supporting women in delivering babies safely. This study revealed that they are working under challenging conditions. So, if women's lives matter, then this situation requires a call to action.
许多因素会降低工作效率，并给提供孕产妇护理的医疗保健专业人员带来身体和心理上的并发症。了解农村社区提供孕产妇保健服务的医疗保健专业人员所面临的挑战和应对策略至关重要。然而，需要更多的研究，尤其是定性研究，来探索埃塞俄比亚医疗保健专业人员，特别是在沃莱塔地区，提供孕产妇保健服务时所面临的挑战和应对策略。
探讨2023年埃塞俄比亚南部沃莱塔地区农村卫生设施中提供孕产妇保健服务的专业人员所面临的挑战和应对策略。
2023年5月20日至6月20日采用现象学定性研究设计。该研究在埃塞俄比亚南部沃莱塔地区的农村进行。采用目的抽样法选取农村地区的医疗保健专业人员，并进行深入访谈。采用定性主题分析法对数据进行分析。阅读实地记录、听取录音，逐字记录每位参与者的访谈内容，并使用ATLAS.ti 7软件进行分析。
数据分析得出五个主要主题。这些主题包括政府资金不足、健康和获得医疗保健的社会障碍、专业人员的个人生活困难、与基础设施相关的挑战和卫生系统响应能力，以及应对策略。向负责机构报告、向母亲传授孕产妇保健服务知识以及自掏腰包帮助贫困母亲被列为他们的应对策略。
医疗保健专业人员在支持妇女安全分娩方面发挥着关键作用。这项研究表明，他们在具有挑战性的条件下工作。因此，如果妇女的生命至关重要，那么这种情况需要采取行动呼吁。
