Women’s Experiences of Utilizing Religious and Spiritual Beliefs as Coping Resources After Miscarriage

Kalu, Felicity Agwu

doi:10.3390/rel10030185

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“…I have a good memory of [my baby]. That helped me to find ways to adjust and move on knowing that the baby will always be part of my family” [( 91 ), p. 6]. The inference from this patient exemplifies how a provider's reserved but open communication style can support a patient's spiritual beliefs without imposing any religious maxims.…”

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“…Cultural and spiritual humility are conducive to superlative interpersonal communication and relational efficacy contributing to provider compassion satisfaction ( 88 ). Nurse researcher Kalu ( 91 ) concluded that religious and spiritual beliefs can support and promote better coping for individuals experiencing a reproductive loss. In her study done in Africa, one woman said, “The midwife sat and listened to me.…”

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Fostering Vicarious Resilience for Perinatal Palliative Care Professionals

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Background: The demands on healthcare professionals caring for families grappling with a life-limiting condition in an unborn or newly born child can be overwhelming. Clinicians working in emergency/trauma, hospice, and pediatric settings are already at high risk for burnout and compassion fatigue, which can leave healthcare institutions increasingly vulnerable to poor retention, absenteeism, and waning quality of care. The provision of exemplary palliative care requires a cohesive interdisciplinary team of seasoned professionals resilient to daily challenges. In September 2019, the American College of Gynecology, in a committee opinion, published standard of care guidelines for perinatal palliative care. This has created an impetus for exceptional caregiving and a greater demand for both physician and interdisciplinary healthcare provider education, training, and ongoing support that promotes truly beneficent care for pregnant patients confronted with life-limiting fetal conditions. Methods: A scoping review of the research literature was conducted in order to distinguish the barriers and facilitators of professional resiliency in perinatal palliative care. PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, and EBSCO Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collections were systematically reviewed. Because of the paucity of studies specific to perinatal palliative care, several interviews of nurses and physicians in that field were conducted and analyzed for content distinctly pertaining to personal practices or workplace factors that support or hinder professional resiliency. Results: The research indicated that medical professionals often cite a lack of knowledge, inexperience using effective communication skills related to perinatal palliative care and bereavement, challenges with interdisciplinary collaboration, misconceptions about the role and function of palliative care in the perinatal or neonatal settings, moral distress, and workload challenges as encumbrances to professional satisfaction. Strategic implementation of facility-wide bereavement care training, effective communication modalities, and evidenced-based practical applications are critical components for a thriving perinatal palliative care team. Authentic formal and informal debriefing, peer mentoring, adequate caseloads, robust provider self-care practices, exceptional relational efficacy, and cultural and spiritual humility can foster personal growth and even vicarious resilience for perinatal palliative care professionals. Conclusions: Support should be strategic and multifaceted. The onus to implement salient measures to cultivate resilience in the perinatal palliative caregiver should not be only upon the individuals themselves but also upon prevailing regulatory governing bodies and healthcare institutions.

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Fostering Vicarious Resilience for Perinatal Palliative Care Professionals

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“…Nigeria is a multicultural, multireligious and multilingual country. To be able to provide holistic womencentred maternity care to all women, it is important that midwives understand and appreciate the roles of culture, religion, and spiritual beliefs in the lives of many individuals in Nigeria (34)(35). Being culturally competent will enable midwives to understand, appreciate, and interact with women from different cultural and religious backgrounds (35)(36).…”

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“…To be able to provide holistic womencentred maternity care to all women, it is important that midwives understand and appreciate the roles of culture, religion, and spiritual beliefs in the lives of many individuals in Nigeria (34)(35). Being culturally competent will enable midwives to understand, appreciate, and interact with women from different cultural and religious backgrounds (35)(36). The use of professional interpreter during antenatal education will also help to alleviate language and communication di culties experienced by the midwives and the women (37).…”

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An Exploration of Midwives’ Experiences of Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality From Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) in Rural Communities in Eastern Nigeria.

Kalu

Chukwurah

2021

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Background Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the major complications of childbirth which results in maternal morbidity and mortality especially in low and middle-income countries like Nigeria. Midwives play a vital role in preventing and managing PPH in Nigerian rural communities. The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of midwives in rural maternity care settings in order to provide appropriate support and improve practice. Methods An exploratory qualitative study of a purposive sample of 15 practicing midwives was carried out using semi-structured interviews from November 2018 to February 2019. Data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using content analysis. Results Four themes were identified; intervention for preventing PPH, approaches to managing PPH, challenges of preventing and managing PPH, and ways of supporting midwives to overcome the challenges of preventing and managing PPH in rural health care settings. Midwives employed various strategies, such as antenatal education, diagnosis, and treatment of anaemia to prevent PPH. Their understanding of the condition as a life-threatening condition enabled the midwives to provide holistic and effective management that sometimes involved multidisciplinary team approach. However, inadequate resources and delay in seeking health care services militate against their efforts. The midwives also identified the need for continuing education and training as means of enhancing their standard of care. Conclusion These midwives in Nigerian rural health care setting engage in preventive practices and active management of PPH though not without barriers, such as inadequate resources. There is need for the midwives in rural areas to have cultural competence, be provided with adequate resources and participate in ongoing education to be more effective.

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“…In Nigeria, approximately 314,000 babies died from stillbirth in 2015 (Blencowe et al, 2016). Studies from Nigeria have reported that people generally interpret life circumstances through their traditional and religious beliefs (Adebayo et al, 2019;Kalu, 2019). However, in the context of stillbirth, the role of traditional and religious beliefs has been described as a 'double-edged sword' (Adebayo et al, 2019).…”

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Beliefs and strategies for coping with stillbirth: A qualitative study in Nigeria

Popoola¹,

Skinner²,

Woods³

2022

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Stillbirth, the loss of a baby during pregnancy or childbirth, is one of the most devastating losses a parent can experience. The experience of stillbirth is associated with trauma and intense grief, but mothers’ belief systems can be protective against the impacts of grief. Women in Nigeria endure a high burden of stillbirth and the aim in this study was to describe the beliefs and strategies for coping with stillbirth. Twenty mothers bereaved by stillbirth in Nigeria were interviewed; seven of them also participated in a focus group. The findings of the study revealed that the experience of stillbirth was influenced by beliefs which originated from superstitions, religion, and social expectations. These beliefs played significant roles in how mothers coped with the loss, by providing them with a framework for sense-making and benefit-finding.

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Women’s Experiences of Utilizing Religious and Spiritual Beliefs as Coping Resources After Miscarriage

Cited by 19 publications

References 23 publications

Fostering Vicarious Resilience for Perinatal Palliative Care Professionals

Fostering Vicarious Resilience for Perinatal Palliative Care Professionals

An Exploration of Midwives’ Experiences of Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality From Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) in Rural Communities in Eastern Nigeria.

Beliefs and strategies for coping with stillbirth: A qualitative study in Nigeria

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