Abstract
Female empowerment is a key concept in the current healthcare environment, especially in perinatal care. The educational process offered by universities to train future nurses and midwives has a great influence on their professional attitude and performance. To be able to educate in a way that encourages empowerment, it is essential for higher education institutions to know the starting point relating to students’ opinions on the subject. It was conducted a cross-sectional descriptive observational study, at the University of Huelva. It used a self-developed, semi-structured questionnaire, previously validated, to gather quantitative and qualitative data. A total of 117 nursing student were surveyed. Participants consider that general nurses supplement the work of the midwife and acts as a facilitator for the process of women’s empowerment in the perinatal period. They believe that the midwife is the professional figure of reference and the one in which they place greater trust. Improvement proposals for both types of professionals are based on improving training and resources. To encourage the development of the profession and improve the quality of care, it is essential to introduce features related to women’s empowerment in the undergraduate training of future nurses and midwives.
Highlights
Female empowerment is a key concept in the current healthcare environment, especially in perinatal care
To be able to educate in a way that encourages empowerment, it is essential for higher education institutions to know the starting point relating to students’ opinions on the subject
It is important to highlight that this is the first subject in their course directly related to perinatal care and that, when they take it, they have not yet performed care practices related to this content
Summary
Female empowerment is a key concept in the current healthcare environment, especially in perinatal care. To be able to educate in a way that encourages empowerment, it is essential for higher education institutions to know the starting point relating to students’ opinions on the subject It was conducted a cross-sectional descriptive observational study, at the University of Huelva. Participants consider that general nurses supplement the work of the midwife and acts as a facilitator for the process of women’s empowerment in the perinatal period. They believe that the midwife is the professional figure of reference and the one in which they place greater trust. Enseñando a Enfermeras y Matronas a Empoderar a las Mujeres: Percepciones de Estudiantes de Enfermería sobre los Roles Profesionales Durante el Cuidado Perinatal. To empower pregnant and postpartum women consist of give emotional and physical support, giving the women the necessary tools and the capacity to make their decisions visible in a health care system where obstetric violence is visible yet (Martín-Bellido, 2020)
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