Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of health workers working in maternal and child health care services (MIMMS) 2014-15 - All provinces in South Africa

Description:
The data set consists of 190 cases and 285 variables.
Abstract:
The project aimed to assess healthcare professionals’ behaviour and related determinants; including knowledge, attitudes, social norms, and self-efficacy towards providing adequate and sufficient maternal and child healthcare services. A cross-sectional quantitative self-administered questionnaire was completed by the healthcare professional in the maternal and child healthcare services in the selected districts of the 9 provinces in South Africa. Information collected included basic demographics, education and continuous professional development (CPD) training related to maternal and child healthcare information; provision, knowledge, attitudes, norms, self-efficacy and intention to provide family planning services; provision of maternal care services, care during labour, neonatal care; and norms, self-efficacy and intention to provide maternal and child healthcare services.

The primary research question for this project therefore was what the effects of healthcare professional's behaviour and related determinants in providing adequate and sufficient healthcare services to mothers and their children in South Africa are.

The secondary question was what the factors associated with professional healthcare workers' best practices in maternal and child healthcare settings are.