Utilization of Trained Traditional Birth Attendants in Three FarBters Associations in Haykoch &nd Butajira Awraja
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1986-10
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
The utilization of the tra i[wd traditionnl birth nttendant8
ill thre (~ F'lrmot's 1 Ass:lciat i cns W[,,3 studi ed. These Farmer::; 7
Associat.ions include \':eyu GebrLJ1J Geraba Fila end AHdo Kontela.
The method of the s tudy \0],')8 by questi {)r~n<lir(! interviuw uu.r v:-.l.
All mothers with children l ess thr.n thre~ years of age
in Aedo Konteln and ·w·ith children l ess than six mont:hs of
age in the o'";her two Farmers' Associations ~"e re interv"iewad.
Five trained traditional birth atter:dants, one community health
agent.ll the c hF!.irpersons of \olomen' s Associationo, nnd the health
perB01mel who are invol ved in t h .' training and lor Buper·"ision
of , the trai.ned trudttioLn l birth cH:tendunts we re n1.so interviewed ..
The finding s r evesled the low utilization of trained
tradlttona l birth nttt~ndants . AntBnetal servic~ waG rendered
to only three of the moth","s. Ninteen \lomen (15.1%) were
"l ttend€d by trni ned ~r~.ditiona l birth a ttendants during delivery.
Of all mo thers, 48(38 .1~n had knowlC!dg p- on child spncing nnd
out 6£ thesd, on~ mother acquired h(,'r knowledg.:; from trained
t rndi tlonal birth l'I1:tendnnt and th·2 r <1st from clinic s tnff .
Suparvizion of trained crndition.11 bi~th nttcndnnts is not
do n~ in these three Farmcrs i Assoc i ations.
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Utilization of Trained Traditional