Affecting Factors of Midwives’ Perception of Challenges in Midwifery Services During COVID-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/978-2-38476-022-0_106How to use a DOI?

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Midwifery Services; Midwives Challenges in the COVID-19 Pandemic; Midwives’ Perception

Abstract

The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has an impact on access and utilization of health services, including obstetric health services. The impacts perceived as challenges by midwives are midwifery services arrangements with the lack of availability of personal protective equipment, increasing COVID-19 confirmation cases, and constraints in maternal and neonatal referral systems. However, the implementation of obstetric health services has been regulated in the government’s guidelines. Low knowledge and understanding of midwives due to the lack of socialization about the guidelines can also be a challenge. The study aims to identify affecting factors of midwives’ perceptions about challenges in obstetric health services. The sample was 110 midwives in Pekalongan Regency obtained using cluster random sampling technique. This study used questionnaires of the characteristics and midwives’ perceptions. Data were analyzed by chi-square and multiple logistic regression. The study results revealed that midwives’ average age was 36 years with an average working period of 12 years. Challenges are perceived by midwives, namely internal and external challenges. Affecting factors of midwives perception of internal challenges are midwives’ age (p = 0.002 OR: 4.085 CI95%) and working period (p = 0.010 OR: 3,533 CI95%). There are no affecting factors of midwives’ perception of external challenges (age p = 0.330, working period p = 0.614, health care facilities p = 0.702). Both midwives’ age and working period are unmodified factors to change the midwives’ perception of challenges. Therefore, efforts to increase midwives’ awareness about accepting and changing challenges as opportunities are important because they can be the quality of midwifery services indicator. Increasing awareness can be done by knowledge and skills improvement programs through training or workshop.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fitriyani Fitriyani
AU  - Risqi Dewi Aisyah
AU  - Eka Budiarto
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/13
TI  - Affecting Factors of Midwives’ Perception of Challenges in Midwifery Services During COVID-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st UMSurabaya Multidisciplinary International Conference 2021 (MICon 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 955
EP  - 964
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-022-0_106
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-022-0_106
ID  - Fitriyani2023
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