Developing and validating a self-assessment tool for assessing confidence of nurse-midwives against competency domains of the International Confederation of Midwives, in India.

• Main Authors: Bharati Sharma (Author), Malin Bogren (Author), Prabhu Ponnusamy (Author), Vaibhav Rastogi (Author), Minjan Patel (Author), Sunanda Gupta (Author), Arvind Pandey (Author), Ram Chahar (Author), Emma Frances McConville (Author), Medha Gandhi (Author), Paridhi Jha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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While midwives are recognized as primary care-providers for maternal and new-born care in many parts of the world, India is transitioning to professional midwifery. The pathway to midwifery in India has been through integrated nursing and midwifery education. Since 2018, India has introduced an 18-m...