How Tanzanian Nurse-Midwives and Obstetricians Develop Postpartum Relationships With Women
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2018
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International Journal of Childbirth
Abstract
Nurse-midwives and obstetricians are the primary postpartum health-care providers for mothers and
babies in Tanzania. It is imperative that mothers and babies receive adequate information and sup-
port in order to save lives. Feminist poststructuralism and discourse analysis were used to conduct and
analyze 13 semi-structured interviews from nurse-midwives and obstetricians at three clinics in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania. Establishing friendly supportive relationships enabled nurse-midwives and obstetri-
cians to work effectively with mothers postpartum. Participants explained the importance of including
family members in postpartum care and about the strategies they used in a clinic environment that was
not always supportive of including family. Effective relational maternity care focused on families during
the postpartum period can facilitate the delivery of information and save lives.
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Postpartum, Tanzania, Poststructuralism
Citation
Mbekenga, C., Aston, M., Macdonald, D., Jefferies, K., Price, S., Mselle, L.T. and White, M., 2018. How Tanzanian nurse-Midwives and obstetricians develop postpartum relationships with women. International Journal of Childbirth, 8(1), pp.41-53.