TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of Educating Breast Crawl on the Practice of the Employed Midwives
AU - Nahidi, Fateme AU - Yalghouzaghaj, Fariba Mahdavi AU - Heidarzadeh, Mohammad AU - Talebi, Atefeh 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SP  - 147
EP  - 151
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2016.147.151
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2016.147.151
KW  - Tehran
KW  -Iran
KW  -education
KW  -knowledge
KW  -observation
AB  - Given the importance of the breast crawl process in the development of mother-infant interaction and infant’s survival, this study aimed to examine the effect of educating the employed midwives about the breast crawl process on their practice. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 59 midwives working in delivery rooms of selected hospitals (through convenience sampling) affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2013-2014. A questionnaire and an observation checklist were used to collect data. At first, knowledge, attitude and practice of the subjects were examined using these tools. Then, a breast crawl workshop was held. Immediately and two months after education, knowledge and practice of the subjects were examined again. The results were analyzed through Wilcoxon and Friedman tests using SPSS-16. p<0.05 was considered as the significance level. The results showed that 98.3% of the midwives had poor and 1.7% had moderate practice before education. However, immediately after education, the rates reached 78 (poor), 20.3 (moderate) and 1.7% (good practice) and after 2 months, they reached 88.1, 10.2 and 1.7%, respectively. The results showed that educating midwives through workshops improves their knowledge and practice. Therefore, it is recommended that educational courses be held periodically and barriers to implementation of this process be removed.
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