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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Thompson, Suzanne M.
• Low, Lisa Kane
• Budé, Luc
• de Vries, Raymond
• Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne

Titel

Evaluating the effect of an educational intervention on student midwife self-efficacy for their role as physiological childbirth advocates

Ist Teil von

• Nurse education today, 2021-01, Vol.96, p.104628-104628, Article 104628

Ort / Verlag

Edinburgh: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Midwifery education that strengthens self-efficacy can support student midwives in their role as advocates for a physiological approach to childbirth. To assess the effect of an educational intervention on self-efficacy, a pre- and post-intervention survey was administered to a control group and an intervention group of third year student midwives. The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) was supplemented with midwifery-related self-efficacy questions related to behaviour in home and hospital settings, the communication of evidence, and ability to challenge practice. Student midwives exposed to midwifery education designed to strengthen self-efficacy demonstrated significantly higher levels of general self-efficacy (p = .001) when contrasted to a control cohort. These students also showed significantly higher levels of self-efficacy in advocating for physiological childbirth (p = .029). There was a non-significant increase in self-efficacy in the hospital setting in the intervention group, a finding that suggests that education may ameliorate the effect of hospital settings on midwifery practice. In spite of the small size of the study population, education that focuses on strengthening student midwife self-efficacy shows promise.