Various Health Care Providers’ Knowledge of the Partogram Use during Childbirth, at the Bamenda Health District, Cameroon

Verla, Terence; Ojong-Alasia, Mary M.; Sama, Julius Dohbit; Tumasang, Eyvonne Ngequih; Ndipowa, J. C.; Atanga, Mary Bi Suh

doi:10.9734/ajmah/2016/29488

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“…The professional experience of 29 (44.6%) of our participants was between 0 -5 years with a median age of 5 year (2 -10) which is similar to that obtained by Verla et al at the Bamenda Health District in 2017 [7] and lower than that of Dohbit et al of >20 years [10]. This can be explained by the fact that most PAWLDs in our study were not only newly recruited for most but younger than in the latter.…”

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“…In order to be successful, the Partogram must be used in the continuous monitoring of labour. Without this, monitoring of labour becomes incomplete hence problems may be identified late, resulting in complications which may cause maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality [7].…”

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“…This personnel includes obstetricians, general practitioners responsible for labour wards, medical assistants trained in midwifery, nurses, midwives and those maternal and child health aides who have been trained appropriately and were termed Professionals assisting to women in labour and delivery (PAWLD) in our study. Therefore a good training in the monitoring of labour using the Partogram can play a pivotal role in reducing maternal and new-born mortality and morbidity [7].…”

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Attitudes, Practices and Factors Affecting the Use of the Partogram by Professionals Attending to Women in Labour and Delivery in the Bafut Health District

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Florent²,

Obichemti³

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Introduction: Given that the provision of care to the childbirth process is not purely in the hands of educated and trained midwives, the competency in application of midwifery tools may be inadequate and consequently affect the quality of care. The Partogram is the single most important tool which has been scientifically proven to reduce maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. Though important, many healthcare providers do not use it regularly in the monitoring of labour. Objectives: Our objectives were to determine the attitudes, practices, proportion of parturients monitored using a Partogram and the factors limiting the use of the Partogram by professionals attending to women in labour and delivery (PAWLD) in the Bafut Health District. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out amongst 65 Professionals attending to women in labour and delivery in the Bafut Health District that lasted 6 months. All the data were collected by our self. First through a face to face interview with a questionnaire, secondly with an observational guide used to assess Partograms filled and lastly using delivery registers to obtain the proportion of parturients monitored with a Partogram. The data analysis was done using the statistic software Epi Info version 7 and Microsoft Excel. Results: This study revealed that 47 (72.3%) of participants had good attitudes, 34 (52%) had good practices, 375 (79.3%) parturients were monitored using a Partogram, and the lack of in-service training, low number of staff and poor knowledge on Partogram use were identified as the main limiting

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Section: Socio-demographic Characteristics Of Our Respondentssupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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