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Table 3 Selected health worker attitudes about maternity care, by cadre (survey results)

From: Provider and client perspectives on maternity care in Namibia: results from two cross-sectional studies

Survey item

Percent agreement (strongly agree or agree)

MO

RN

EN

All

Sometimes you have to yell at a woman in labor because she is not pushing hard enough (n = 277).

15.3%

51.8%

51.1%

137 (49.4%)

Sometimes pinching or slapping a woman in labor can succeed in getting her to push harder (n = 272).

32.9%

30.5%

82 (30.1%)

  1. MO Medical officer; RN Registered nurse; EN Enrolled nurse