February 2021 Vol. 9 No.2

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Original Research Article

Assessment of Community-based postnatal care services provided by midwives in River Nile State, Sudan(2)

Somia Bilal Babiker¹, Elfatih Mohamed Malik², Ibrahim Ismail M. Abu^3,4*, Isra Khalil Mohammed Saeed¹, Amel Eltaib Elagib¹, Hiba Sirelkhatim Hassan¹,
Esmehan Elkheir Babeker¹, Ibtehag Abdel Moneim Ahmed¹

¹Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan
²Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum University, Khartoum, Sudan
³Faculty of Medicine, King Abdelaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁴Faculty of Medicine, Al Fashir University, Al Fashir , North Darfur State, Sudan

*Corresponding Author's Email: burha75@gmail.com

Received: 30 January 2021  I  Accepted: 21 February 2021  I  Published: 25 February 2021  I  Article ID: MRJMMS-21-020
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Abstract

This study aimed to assess the community-based deliveryand postnatal care services provided by midwives in River Nile State, 2017. A cross-sectional community based study using structured questionnaire for collecting quantitative data, was conducted in River Nile State, 2017. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was used. Three localities of the state were determined. The calculated sample size for women at reproductive age was divided between the selected localities proportional to size of midwives per each locality. Then simple random sample was used for the selection of midwives in each locality and 3 women were selected per midwife. A total of 92 midwives and 276 mothers were interviewed in this study. Generally mothers were satisfied with midwifery deliveryand postnatal care services. Mother’s satisfaction was significantly related to duration of midwife’s stay with the mother after delivery, place of delivery, availability of midwives at any time, and midwife’s follow up during the postnatal period. The majority of mothers' delivered at home with the assistant of midwives, and the majority of mothers who delivered at home are satisfied with the service, and the majority of mothers who seeked postnatal care from midwives are satisfied with their service.

Keywords: Delivery care, Midwifery, Mothers, Postnatal care, River Nile, Satisfaction, Services