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

Introduction: Given that the provision of care to childbirth process is not purely in hands educated and trained midwives, competency application midwifery tools may be inadequate consequently affect quality care. The Partogram single most important tool which has been scientifically proven reduce maternal foetal morbidity mortality. Though important, many healthcare providers do use it regularly monitoring labour. Objectives: Our objectives were determine attitudes, practices, proportion parturients monitored using a factors limiting by professionals attending women labour delivery (PAWLD) Bafut Health District. Methods: This was cross-sectional study carried out amongst 65 Professionals District lasted 6 months. All data collected our self. First through face interview with questionnaire, secondly an observational guide used assess Partograms filled lastly registers obtain Partogram. analysis done statistic software Epi Info version 7 Microsoft Excel. Results: revealed 47 (72.3%) participants had good 34 (52%) 375 (79.3%) Partogram, lack in-service training, low number staff poor knowledge on identified as main Being health assistant statistically significantly associated having practice p-value 0.047 odds ratio 5.33 [1.03 - 26.45] we obtained just 1 (1.54%) according WHO standards. Conclusions Recommendations: In District, 10 PAWLDs have positive attitude towards while predominant result 4 5 deliveries only 1.54% PAWLD usage are major drawbacks We therefore recommend continues medical education (CME) organised