Table 2.
Respondents’ obstetric experience and skills in EmONC
| District hospital n (%) |
Health center n (%) |
Health post n (%) |
Total n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average number of births conducted per week | ||||
| Less than 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (3.4%) |
| Between 1 and 5 | 7 (43.8%) | 96 (74.4%) | 3 (75.0%) | 106 (71.1%) |
| Between 5 and 10 | 8 (50%) | 20 (15.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 28 (18.8%) |
| More than 10 | 1 (6.2%) | 8 (6.2%) | 1 (25%) | 10 (6.7%) |
| Number of HCP who felt confident in performing a birth –related diagnosis on their own | ||||
| Yes | 16 (100%) | 118 (91.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 134 (89.9%) |
| No | 0 | 11 (8.5%) | 4 (100%) | 16 (10.7%) |
| Number of HCP who felt Confident in performing birth on their own | ||||
| Yes | 16 (100%) | 116 (89.9%) | 1 (25%) | 133 (89.9%) |
| No | 0 | 13 (10.1%) | 3 (75%) | 15 (10.1%) |
| Frequency to experience birth complication while performing normal delivery | ||||
| Never | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (6.2%) | 1 (25.0%) | 9 (6.0%) |
| Sometimes | 15 (93.8%) | 117 (90.7%) | 3 (75.0%) | 135 (90.6%) |
| Often | 1 (6.3%) | 4 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (3.4%) |
| Area of maternal health in which HCP feel less confident | ||||
| Diagnostic and management of pre/eclampsia | 5 (31.3%) | 92 (71.3%) | 3 (75%) | 100 (67.1%) |
| Diagnostic and management of Puerperal sepsis | 4 (25%) | 67 (51.9%) | 2 (50%) | 73 (49.0%) |
| Diagnostic and management of Postpartum Hemorrhage | 4 (25%) | 73 (56.6%) | 2 (50%) | 79 (53%) |
| Diagnostic and management of obstructed labor | 8 (50%) | 75 (58.1%) | 4 (100%) | 87 (58.4%) |
| Other* | 1 (6.3%) | 2 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.0%) |
| None | 4 (25%) | 9 (7.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (8.7%) |
| Area of Newborn health in which HCP feel less confident | ||||
| Prevention of hypothermia | 1 (6.1%) | 18 (14%) | 4 (100%) | 19 (12.8%) |
| Prevention of infections | 0 (0.0%) | 41 (31.8%) | 1 (25%) | 42 (28.25%) |
| Immediate care after delivery for baby who cried | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (5.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (4.7%) |
| Immediate care after delivery for baby who did not cry | 6 (37.5%) | 101 (78.3%) | 4 (100%) | 111 (74.5%) |
| None | 9 (56.3%) | 15 (11.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 24 (16.1%) |
* Other areas include bleeding during pregnancy, infection during pregnancy, Manual Vacuum Aspiration, Cord prolapse, Management of labor in case of fetal distress, Post abortion care and Use of Cardiotocography TG and use of Echography