The Importance of Midwives Presence in Crises and Disasters: A Review Articles
الموضوعات : Journal of Family Centered Health Care
Fatemeh Esmaeili
1
,
Tayebe Hajiyan
2
1 - 1. Master of Midwifery Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran
2 - 2. Master of Midwifery Counseling, Instructor and faculty member, Isfahan Community Health Research Center (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
الکلمات المفتاحية: Midwives, Disasters, Reproductive Health, Promotion of Health, Healthcare,
ملخص المقالة :
Introduction: Crises and disasters are unavoidable situations at any time, with destructive effects which leads to inability of community to provide health care needs. Considering the importance of reproductive health as well as maternal and infant health and the need for midwives, this study is a review of the important role of the midwife in crises and disasters. Method: In this study, the articles indexed in databases: Magiran, PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus and the reports of reputable organizations from 2010 to 2020 were studied. The vocabularies: crises and disasters, reproductive health, covid-19, midwives and other related words were searched and reviews were conducted on 45 articles. Results: The main challenges in the crises and disasters are the lack of services and insufficient access to healthcare and reproductive services, which cause many problems for women. Midwives by providing reproductive health care in disaster areas can have a significant part in safety and health of the women and their families. The self-efficacy of midwives in providing reproductive health services in crises has been assessed at a moderate level. Conclusion: Providing proper and timely provision reproductive health services in the disasters is very important and it is necessary to consider preparations of establishing supervisory systems for the women. Therefore, by providing occupational, physical and psychological supports, as well as developing the necessary policies to take retraining and clinical training courses for students and midwifery staff, they can be prepared to deal with the crises and challenges.
