A Study of Awareness and Performance of Midwives About Physiologic Childbirth in Public Hospitals of Ahvaz City in 2016

Introduction: to promote normal childbirth the care during childbirth should be on evidence-based care. eevidence-based care practices promote physiological birth. this study aimed at examining midwives’ awareness and performance about physiological childbirth in ahvaz public maternity services. methods: in this descriptive study, 128 midwives were selected from the maternity units of ahvaz hospitals using census sampling. the researcher-made questionnaire was used for self-reporting of awareness and performance of midwives. results: most of the midwives (86.7%) had a bachelor degree, and 1-7 year work experience (64.1%). the results of this study showed that the midwives of the ahvaz hospitals had relatively good awareness of physiologic labor items; however, the performance of them was not as ideal as their awareness. conclusions: iranian midwives are informed about evidence-based practice in childbirth, which indicates that attempts to promote physiologic childbirth have been useful. however, appropriate interventions are necessary to promote the use of evidence-based practice in clinical practice.