Community-based participatory research and the challenges of qualitative analysis enacted by lay, nurse, and academic researchers.

There are multiple challenges in adhering to the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), especially when there is a wide range of academic preparation within the research team. This is particularly evident in the analysis phase of qualitative research. We describe the process of conducting qualitative analysis of data on community perceptions of public maternity care in the Dominican Republic, in a cross-cultural, CBPR study.

Midwifery curriculum for auxiliary maternity nurses: a case study in the Dominican Republic.

Although most deliveries in the Dominican Republic occur within hospitals, maternal mortality in that nation remains high. In nonteaching hospitals, almost all of the vaginal births are attended by maternity auxiliary nurses. This article reports on a series of educational conferences for maternity auxiliary nurses in 1 hospital that were developed in response to the maternal mortality rate there.