TO DETERMINE THE KNOWLEDGE OF MIDWIVES ON UTILIZATION OF PARTOGRAPH AT SELECTED HOSPITALS IN KENYA

Abstract

AbstractPartograph is graphical tool presentation of key data during the progress of labor. The observations of the mother are interpreted by a midwife or an obstetrician to make conclusions to whether the condition of the mother and fetus is fine. This tool alerts the skilled birth attendants of pending risk of the mother or fetus through the observations and action taken without delay. Worldwide the Maternal Mortality Rate is 400/ 100,000 live births. A woman from developing world is 100 times more probable to die during pregnancy or child birth than a woman from a developed country. The purpose of the study is to develop a model to promote partograph utilization by midwives during management of mothers in labour in selected hospitals in Kenya so as to reduce Maternal Mortality rate related to delivery.