Sigma Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy Africa (MCHNLA Africa): Recent submissions
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Leadership development as a strategy to enhance inter-professional collaboration
Background: Leadership development of maternal and child health nurses and midwives through the Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy-Africa of Sigma Theta Tau International in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, ... -
Self-perceived leadership development of peer tutors in inter-professional undergraduate healthcare studies
Introduction - Peer tutors are used as teaching partners in undergraduate program at the University of Pretoria to transfer knowledge and practical skills to students from various healthcare disciplines. Peer tutors are ... -
Factors influencing maternal choice during early initiation of infant feeding in a private hospital, Gauteng Province
Background: Breast is best… but not all mothers agree and choose breastfeeding as an option. The mother is ultimately responsible for the choice of infant feeding (breastfeeding, formula feeding or mixed feeding) after ... -
Opportunities for inter-professional education in neonatal healthcare: An integrative review
Background - Coordinated care with clear communication is needed in neonatal intensive care units in South Africa. Purpose - Neonatal care is an area which offers opportunities for inter-professional education and ... -
Quality of maternal care at maternity waiting homes in Chitipa District in Northern Malawi
Background - A maternity waiting home is a building located near a health facility where high or low risk pregnant women who reside very far are accommodated to await labor and delivery. Maternity waiting homes have been ... -
Reflections on barriers and facilitators for inter-professional collaboration in independent midwife-led care
Background - Maternity care in Gauteng and South-Africa is at a crossroad: the public sector is overburdened, intervention rates are high in the private sector, and private obstetrician-led care is expensive. Midwife-led ... -
Muscular skeletal disorders amongst staff in a referral hospital in Uganda.
Background: Muscular-skeletal disorders include a wide range of inflammatory and degenerative conditions affecting the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, peripheral nerves, and supporting blood vessels with ache, pain ... -
A quality improvement initiative to create a positive environment for sensory developmental care in a neonatal intensive care unit
Background - The project was a response to the lack of sensory friendly interventions in the author’s clinical facility. After audit review, the staff was found lacking in knowledge and practices. Based on the audit ... -
Twenty-four hour observation of vital and warning signs in low-risk postpartum care
Introduction. The postnatal period is a critical phase in the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Most maternal and infant deaths occur within the first 24 hours following birth, but this is the most neglected period for ... -
Caring for bereaved mothers who lost their babies as stillbirths, neonates and infants up to five years: An inter-professional approach
Background: In 2017, neonatal morality rate for Eswatini was 17.4 deaths per 1000 live births, infant mortality rate 40.8 deaths per 1000 live births and under-five mortality rate 53.9 deaths per 1000 live births. In one ... -
Preventing malnutrition in children under 5-years using affordable local foods at a referral hospital, Ghana
Background: Malnutrition is a universal problem that affects children under-five years and a major cause of death in children worldwide. About 60% of the 10.2 million annual mortality rates of children under-five years ... -
Improving cord care of neonates in an acute care unit at a Ugandan referral hospital
Background/context: Umbilical cord infection poses significant risks for neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation, the Ugandan Ministry ... -
Reinforcing measures to reduce post cesarean section endometriosis and hysterectomy cases at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the inflammation of the endometrium and myometrium, usually caused by infections after cesarean section. Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s (QECH) records showed that from January to July 2018, ... -
Implementation of evidence based alternative birth position in a hospital in Tshwane
Background: Evidence has shown that alternative birth positions including upright, kneeling, squatting and lateral positions, improves maternal and child outcomes (Gupta, et, 2017). However, despite clear evidence, midwives ... -
Care of women who have experienced a stillbirth
Background: Evidence has shown that the care rendered to women experiencing stillbirths influences their grieving process (Saflund, Sjogren & Wredlin, 2004:137). Thus, it is important to improve the quality of the education ... -
Reducing neonatal infections in a regional referral hospital in Eswatini: A quality improvement project
Introduction and Background: Infection is one of the leading causes of neonatal deaths in Eswatini. Undefined neonatal infection accounted for 38.2% of neonatal admissions at a regional referral hospital in 2017. Upon ... -
Intensifying monitoring and care of preterm and low birth weight babies at Thyolo District Hospital, Malawi
BACKGROUND - Premature refers to baby being born before 37 completed weeks of gestation and low birth weight is weight at birth of less than 2500 grams. Thyolo District Hospital’s records of 2017 indicated that 119 babies ... -
Awareness of early detection of cancer in children aged 0-5 years in a primary healthcare setting
Back ground: This project is part of the Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy (MCHNLA) presented by Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) in partnership with Johnson & Johnson. Children with cancer (0-5 years) ... -
Capacity building for nurses and midwives in the effective management of post-partum hemorrhage in a tertiary healthcare facility, Ghana
Background: Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major obstetric emergency and a direct cause of maternal deaths worldwide. Of the 14 million cases of obstetric haemorrhages that occur each year globally, PPH is the most ... -
Reducing post surgery infections at Chikwawa District Hospital Maternity Unit
(2018-05-29)Introduction and background: Chikwawa District hospital maternity unit registered a total of 42 cases of post surgery infections (PSI) representing 6.4% of all cases (653) conducted in 2015. These infections contributed ...
