Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Barriers to Educational Implementation of Non-Pharmacological Pain Management during Labor in Selected Hospitals, Kenya

Poornima Ramasamy; Arthur Kwena; Ashraf Emarah; Simon Kangethe

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Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Barriers to Educational Implementation of Non-Pharmacological Pain Management during Labor in Selected Hospitals, Kenya

Poornima Ramasamy, Arthur Kwena, Ashraf Emarah, Simon Kangethe

Published in Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 12 February 2018 Accepted: 5 March 2018 Published: 30 March 2018

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A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of knowledge, attitude, practice and barriers to implementation of non-pharmacological pain management during labor using non-experimental cross sectional descriptive study design and used a structure questionnaire to collect data from a sample of the population. The majority of the health care providers’ have inadequate knowledge regarding non-pharmacological pain management during labor. Health care providers have a positive attitude towards non-pharmacological pain management during labor. Most of the health care providers practice massaging, breathing exercise and encourage different laboring positions during labor. The main barriers were lack of time, lack of knowledge and patient unwillingness.

Published in	Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.cajph.20180401.14
Page(s)	20-26
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Health Care Providers, Knowledge, Non-Pharmacological, Pain Management During Labor

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Poornima Ramasamy, Arthur Kwena, Ashraf Emarah, Simon Kangethe. Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Barriers to Educational Implementation of Non-Pharmacological Pain Management during Labor in Selected Hospitals, Kenya. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2018;4(1):20-26. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20180401.14

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Poornima Ramasamy

School of Nursing, University of Eastern Africa, Eldoret, Kenya
Arthur Kwena

Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Ashraf Emarah

Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Simon Kangethe

Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

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Poornima Ramasamy, Arthur Kwena, Ashraf Emarah, Simon Kangethe. Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Barriers to Educational Implementation of Non-Pharmacological Pain Management during Labor in Selected Hospitals, Kenya. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2018;4(1):20-26. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20180401.14

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