childbirth

Perceived Stress and Anxiety in Women during Labour: A Case of Tamale West Hospital, Tamale, Ghana

Nafiu Amidu, Mustapha Alhassan, Habibu Issah, Vida Nyagre Yakong, Wahabu Yahaya, Yussif Adams & Peter Paul Mwinsanga Dapare · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2018

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of intrapartum anxiety and stress, its effect on duration of labour as well as associated factors among parturient women. Design: This study was a cross-sectional study. Setting: This study was carried out at the Tamale West Hospital, Tamale, Gh...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40373

Determinants of Access to Skilled Birth Attendants by Women in Galkacyo District, Somalia

Mohamed Suleiman Yusuf, Maurice Kodhiambo, Fidelis Muendo & John G. Kariuki · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Background: Globally over half million women of reproductive age (15-49 years) die every year as result of pregnancy and childbirth complications, and 300 million women endure from debilitating injuries. Barriers to accessing skilled birth attendant services are many. In Somalia,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/32364

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

T. Y. N. Verla, M. M. Ojong-Alasia, J. D. Sama, E. N. Tumasang, J. C. Ndipowa & M. B. S. Atanga · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

In a state of affairs where the provision of care to the child birth process is not purely in the hands of educated and trained midwives, the competency in knowledge and application of midwifery tools may be inadequate and consequently affect the quality of care. One of these too...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29488