20 Grace Omolade Daniel
Channel: Virtual Midwives
Date: 2022-05-11

Knowledge and attitude towards respectful maternity care among midwifery students at the University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

Facilitator: Ally Anderson

Disrespectful maternity care constitutes a human rights violation that undercuts women’s autonomy. The expansion of knowledge about the science of midwifery is key to providing better patient care, improving health, and evaluating outcomes. This study therefore aimed at assessing student midwives knowledge and attitude regarding respectful maternity care in Jos, Plateau state. We conducted a Descriptive cross sectional survey among 235 student midwives. Knowledge measures of RMC and rights of women were developed using 24 items, while 8 items assessed attitude of these students towards RMC. Findings revealed that majority (90.7%) of the respondents had good knowledge about respectful behaviors in maternity care, majority (77.5%) had good knowledge of the rights of childbearing women. The attitude of students was however negative towards providing respectful care. Respectful care must be modeled during training for these students so that it can have an influence in their practice as midwives in the future.

(Grace O. Daniel1*, Nifemi Omoniyi2, Bonji Gaknung3, Grace Onyejekwe4, Eunice Ari5, Patience Kumzhi6, Nadyen Shikpup7   

Department of Nursing Science, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria)