Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses- Midwives Performance about Preterm Labor in Maternity Hospitals at Baghdad City

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of the educational program on nurses-midwives knowledgeconcerning preterm labor and to identify the relationship between nurses- midwives knowledge andstudy variables.Methodology: A quasi-experimental design conducted on non-probability (purposive) sample offorty five nurses- midwives selected during period 17th October 2020 to 1st March 2021. The studyis conducted at the four hospitals of Ministry of Health (Baghdad health directorate in Al-Karhk andAl-Risafa) sector. in obstetric wards and delivery room and neonatal Unit . The questionnaire form isconsisted of two parts which included socio-demographic characteristics of the nurses-midwives andknowledge about preterm labor and birth. Reliability of the questionnaire was determined throughinternal consistency of correlation coefficient (R=0.807) and validity of content was determined throughreviewing it by ten experts in different specialists was determined through pilot study. Descriptive andinferential statistics were used to analyze the date.Result: The result of study revealed that their (33.3%) of study sample their age was (26-30) yearsold with mean and standard deviation is (32.68 ± 8.31) years, and less of half of the study sample wasgraduated from midwifery secondary school, half of study sample were married, 46.7% of them hadless than / equal to (5) years of experience in nursing and midwifery field. And (80%) of the them didnot practices midwifery as a profession inherited, (78%) of them were working in Government Hospitalonly , (70%) of (Nurses- Midwives) were not practicing midwifery at midwife home , (91%) of themhaving knowledge about preterm labor from Practical experience and (30%) of them suffered frompreterm labor during their fertile age.