“Doing magic with very little”: Barriers to Ghanaian midwives' ability to provide quality maternal and neonatal care

Authors/Creators

Yakubu Ismaila, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Sara Bayes, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Sadie Geraghty, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study identified barriers that affected Ghanaian midwives' ability to provide quality care to prevent maternal and neonatal mortality. DESIGN: Glaserian Grounded Theory was the framework of this study. Interviews were conducted with 33 participants from 10 facilities in seven districts in one region in southern Ghana. FINDINGS: Midwives are committed to do their best to provide quality care to women and newborns. Barriers to their care included a lack of resources of care, unsupportive facility management, and client related barriers. CONCLUSIONS: Measures to reduce barriers for midwives to provide quality care must improve health financing at a national and facility level; the encouragement of supportive supervision and management at a facility level; and actions to enhance midwife engagement with clients and communities.

RAS ID

32239

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2019

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Copyright

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Publisher

Springer Publishing Company Connect

Related Publications

Ismaila, Y. (2020). Barriers to Ghanaian midwives’ ability to provide quality care: A Glaserian grounded theory study. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2401

Comments

Ismaila, Y., Bayes, S., & Geraghty, S. (2019). “Doing magic with very little”: Barriers to Ghanaian midwives' ability to provide quality maternal and neonatal care. International Journal of Childbirth, 9(4), 211-224. https://doi.org/10.1891/IJCBIRTH-D-19-00028

Recommended Citation

Ismaila, Y., Bayes, S., & Geraghty, S. (2019). “Doing magic with very little”: Barriers to Ghanaian midwives' ability to provide quality maternal and neonatal care. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1891/IJCBIRTH-D-19-00028