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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Can managers empower nurse-midwives to improve maternal health care? A comparison of two resource-poor hospitals in Tanzania
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Volume 31, No. 4, Year 2016
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Description
Maternal mortality is very high in Tanzania. Competent hospital care is key to improving maternal outcomes, but there is a crisis of availability and performance of health workers in maternal care. This article uses interviews with managers, nurse-midwives, and women who had given birth in two hospitals providing virtually all the emergency maternal care in one Tanzania city. It contrasts women's experience in the two hospitals, and analyses interconnections with nurse-midwives' and managers' experiences of working conditions. The conceptual literature on nurse empowerment identifies some key explanatory variables for these contrasts. Staff experienced less frustration and constraint in one of the hospitals; had more access to structurally empowering resources; and experienced greater congruence between job commitment and working culture, resulting in better work engagement. Conversely, nurse-midwives in the other hospital were constrained by supply shortages and recurrent lack of support. Contrasting management styles and their impacts demonstrate that even in severely resource-constrained environments, there is room for management to empower staff to improve maternal care. Empowering management practices include participatory management, supportive supervision, better incentives, and clear leadership concerning ward culture. Structural constraints beyond the capacity of health facility managers must however also be addressed. © 2015 The Authors. International Journal of Health Planning and Management published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tibandebage, Paula
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Repoa
Kida, Tausi
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Economic and Social Research Foundation
Mackintosh, Maureen M.
United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
The Open University
Ikingura, Joyce K.
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/hpm.2279
ISSN:
07496753
e-ISSN:
10991751
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Female