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. 2022 Oct 7;22(1):1240.
doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08605-y.

Health workers' experiences of implementation of Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth training in Tanzania: a process evaluation using the i-PARIHS framework

Fadhlun M Alwy Al-Beity  1   2 , Ulrika Baker  3 , Deodatus Kakoko  4 , Claudia Hanson  3   5 , Andrea B Pembe  6
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Health workers' experiences of implementation of Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth training in Tanzania: a process evaluation using the i-PARIHS framework

Fadhlun M Alwy Al-Beity et al. BMC Health Serv Res. .

Abstract

Background: In-service training, including the competency-based Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After Birth (HMS BAB) is widely implemented to improve the quality of maternal health services. To better understand how this specific training responds to the needs of providers and fits into the existing health systems, we explored health workers' experiences of the HMS BAB training.

Methods: Our qualitative process evaluation was done as part of an effectiveness trial and included eight focus group discussions with 51 healthcare workers in the four districts which were part of the HMS BAB trial. We employed deductive content analysis informed by the Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) construct of context, recipients, innovation and facilitation.

Results: Overall, health workers reported positive experiences with the training content and how it was delivered. They are perceived to have improved competencies leading to improved health outcomes. Interviews proposed that peer practice coordinators require more support to sustain the weekly practices. Competing tasks within the facility in the context of limited time and human resources hindered the sustainability of weekly practices. Most health facilities had outlined the procedure for routine learning environments; however, these were not well operational.

Conclusion: The HMS BAB training has great potential to improve health workers' competencies around the time of childbirth and maternal outcomes. Challenges to successful implementation include balancing the intervention within the routine facility setting, staff motivation and workplace cultures.

Keywords: Competency-based training; Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth; In-facility training; Peer practice facilitators; Postpartum haemorrhage; Simulation; i-PARIHS framework.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors has a competing interest.

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Schematic model of the barriers and facilitators presented using the i-PARIHS framework
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