The Effectiveness of The Training Program Given to Midwives and Nurses to Prevent Obstetric Violence

In the study, 84 midwives and nurses working in hospital delivery and puerperal services and family health centers in Adiyaman province constituted the experimental group, and the control group of 84 midwives and nurses working in the delivery room and postpartum services of hospital Child and Gynecology Hospital in Malatya and family health centers', determined by randomization in the study. While the training program for the prevention of obstetric violence consisting of 16 sessions was applied by the researcher to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group, no intervention was applied to the midwives and nurses in the control group. The second phase of the study was conducted with women who received care from the hospital delivery and postpartum services and family health centers in Adiyaman province before and after the training program applied to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group (158 women before the training, 158 after the training). Data were collected with Introductory Information Forms, Caring Behaviors Inventory-30, Communication Skills Scale and Care Satisfaction Evaluation Form.