Asian Research Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Male Midwives Practicing: Barriers and Strategies in Promoting the Acceptance

Abdul-Mumin Amankwa *

College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Nalerigu, North East Region, Ghana.

Adamu Bakinam

Methodist University of Ghana, Department of Nursing and Applied Sciences, Ghana.

Abdulai Kojo Mohammed

College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Nalerigu, North East Region, Ghana.

Adam Baba Abukari

College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Nalerigu, North East Region, Ghana.

Yahaya Abdulai

Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Damongo, Savannah Region, Ghana.

Mohammed Sheriff Yakubu

College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Nalerigu, North East Region, Ghana.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Male Midwives Practicing: Barriers and Strategies in Promoting the Acceptance”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.

Keywords: Midwifery, males, cultural barriers, religious barriers, promoting

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