Prevalence of male partners involvement in antenatal care visits – in Kyela district, Mbeya

Autor: Domenica Morona, Alfred Chibwae, Namanya Basinda, Elizabeth Kabanga
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Maternal and child health
Time Factors
Reproductive medicine
HIV Infections
Antenatal care
Logistic regression
lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics
Tanzania
Appointments and Schedules
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Humans
Medicine
Childbirth
030212 general & internal medicine
Marriage
Spouses
lcsh:RG1-991
reproductive and urinary physiology
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
biology
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Attendance
Gender Identity
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prenatal Care
Fear
Odds ratio
Male partner involvement
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Multivariate Analysis
Female
business
Research Article
Demography
Zdroj: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2475-4
Popis: Background In most countries in the world, promotion of maternal and child health is perceived as women’s role and men do not feel that they are responsible and see no reason to accompany their partners to Antenatal Care (ANC) clinics [Vermeulen, E., et al., BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 16:66, 2016]. Male involvement in Reproductive, Maternal, Neonates and Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) programs in Tanzania is low. In Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) program, the data shows only 30% attend couple counseling and only 8% for HIV counseling with their partners. There is limited data on prevalence of male involvement in ANC visits in Kyela. The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence of male involvement in ANC services and assess factors influencing male partners’ involvement in ANC visits in Kyela district in Mbeya. The findings from this study will serve as a baseline in efforts to increase male involvement in ANC care in Kyela. Methods Hospital based cross-sectional study was undertaken in Kyela district, Mbeya from October 2017 to November 2017. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Factors with P values of
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