Implementation Of Evidence-Based Maternity Care And Perceived Challenges Among Midwives At Holy Family Hospital Techiman-Ghana

Despite technological measures, maternal morbidity and mortality remain a major problem attributable to multifactorial factors including lacked utilization of evidence-based maternal care measures centred on providing care with little or no harm. The study assessed the implementation of evidence-based maternity care among midwives at Holy Family Hospital Techiman-Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was adopted for this study. A convenient sampling technique was used to select 150 midwives for the study. A structured questionnaire was administered to collect data from the participants. Out of one hundred and fifty (150) midwives who participated in the study, only 50.7% implemented the concept of evidence-based maternal care. About 58.6% of midwives were knowledgeable on EBMC protocols despite limited utilization whereas about 55.3% of midwives responded to have received training on evidence-based maternal care. The awareness and implementation of evidence-based maternal care was low among midwives. The study findings demonstrated the need for healthcare stakeholders to intensify the provision of effective interventions aimed at addressing health system challenges among midwives within the healthcare settings.