Anon

Another

Beisher NA

Bennet R

Cohen J

however the World Health Organization

John ME

Jones P

Jowitt M

Keirse E

Kitzinger S

Mathews MK

McCaffery M

Miles MB

Ministry

Nemours Foundation

Polit DF

Rauli A

Rothman SY

Safe Motherhood Initiative

Smith CA

Soothing

Streubert HJ

Studies

Sullivan

Sweet BR

This

Uys L

With

World health Organization

 The study was set up to investigate the management of labour pain by midwives and traditional birth attendants. A qualitative research methodology was used to seek the views of 50 midwives and 60 traditional birth attendants on pain management during labour.  Data were analyzed manually using themes that emerged from the study. The results revealed that pain was generally regarded as a normal physiological response to labour and was given little attention. Midwives identified pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods of relieving pain. Traditional birth attendants identified the use of herbs, baths, adopting the most comfortable position, as well as being with a companion as the ideal methods of pain management. Challenges experienced by midwives were lack of resources to effectively deliver quality care and poor referral system, socio-cultural issues and absence of a policy guideline to safeguard practice. Traditional birth attendants experienced challenges relating to poor recognition by the modern health care sector and poor referral system to modern maternity care facilities.  Recommendations were made to educational institutions to stream line their curriculum to take into consideration sociocultural aspects of childbearing. A recommendation related to policy makers was to design institutional guidelines, which set out a national strategy for safe motherhood and maternity care. </jats:p

A comparative analysis of pain management by midwives

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