title: [Outline of the management of sexually transmitted diseases by midwives in integrated consultations in health centers in Tunisia].
abstract: In this article, authors analyse activities of midwifes related to STD, in integrated maternal health consultations of Tunisian primary health centres. Objective is to evaluate attitudes and practices of midwifes in this field. Over than 80% of midwifes contacted in all fixed primary health care centres of Sousse (Tunisia) respond to our questionnaire. For 94.3% of midwifes, STD were a real health problem in their localities. When necessary, recourse to physicians is judged easy, however midwife perceive that physician is not really implicated in STD activities. Barriers to better quality of STD services are principally related to individual factors, environmental ones and secondary to health system characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine communautaire-faculté de médecine de Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Njah
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nouira
authors.forename: Moez
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baati
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Aicha
authors.forename: Meriem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mlika
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008880:Midwifery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014416:Tunisia