Challenges faced by student accoucheurs during clinical placement at the Free State maternal health care institutions

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dc.contributor.authorMadlala, Siphiwe T.
dc.contributor.authorNgxongo, Thembelihle Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorSibiya, Maureen Nokuthula
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dc.date.accessioned2026-05-11T05:56:24Z
dc.date.available2026-05-11T05:56:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentNameNursing Science
dc.description.abstractBackground: Anecdotal evidence suggests that student accoucheurs studying at the Free State School of Nursing in South Africa are faced with resistance, discrimination, rejection and unacceptability by pregnant women during their clinical placement at the Free State maternal health care institutions. Objective: The aim of the study was to explore and describe the challenges faced by student accoucheurs regarding the maternal health care services they render to women. Methods: An explorative, descriptive, and qualitative research design was employed to conduct the study. Purposive sampling was used to select student accoucheurs who met the inclusion criteria. Focus group discussion was used to collect data from the selected student accoucheurs. Data were analysed thematically, and the findings were triangulated with the integration of Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations as a theoretical framework that guided the study. Results: The findings in relation to the research question were synthesised under four themes: transcultural diversity, socio-economic factors, social interactions and relations, and gender inequality in the work place. Conclusion: The study is a contribution to the emerging education and training of student accoucheurs body of knowledge in the Free State Province and to the global existing body of knowledge regarding the phenomena.
dc.facultyFaculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
dc.identifier.citationSibiya, M.N., Madlala, S.T. and Ngxongo, T.S. 2019. Challenges faced by student accoucheurs during clinical placement at the Free State maternal health care institutions. African Health Sciences, 19(2), pp.2263-2269.
dc.identifier.issn1729-0503 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1680-6905 (print)
dc.identifier.otherhttps://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i2.52
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10530/59797
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dc.issuenumber19 / 2
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dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.pages2263 - 2269
dc.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherAfricajournals
dc.subjectAcceptance
dc.subjectFree State Province
dc.subjectMaternal health care
dc.subjectPregnant women
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectStudent accoucheurs
dc.titleChallenges faced by student accoucheurs during clinical placement at the Free State maternal health care institutions
dc.title.journalAfrican Health Sciences
dc.typeJournal Article
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