Attitude and Involvement of Male Partner in Maternal Health Care in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020 GC
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2020-10
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Males tend to be decision-makers within the family. But Most of the efforts to increase the uptake of maternal health services have mainly addressed women. Little has been done to involve the male partner in maternal health.
Objectives: To assess the attitude and involvement of the male partner in maternal health care in Nifas silk lafto sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Method: A community-based cross-sectional design was employed. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. The data were collected using a structured self – administered questionnaire. A total of 411 married men included in the study.
Data were entered in Epidata version 4.6 then exported and analyzed through SPSS version 25.The association between the dependent variable and independent variables was checked using Multivariable logistic regression. The adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI computed and variables with p-value ≤ 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.
Results: A total of 411 respondents participated in the study which makes the response rate of100 %. About 142 (34.5%), 274 (66.7%), and 258 (62.8%) had good involvement in antenatal,labour and delivery, and postnatal care respectively. Males whose partner had unplanned pregnancy (AOR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.222 - 0.956), those who did not live together with their partner (AOR = 0.09, 95% CI: 0.011- 0.804) and who do not get Information in antenatal and postnatal clinics (AOR = 0.101, 95% CI: 0.056-0.181) were less likely to have good involvement in maternal health care.Putting the level of involvement in all the three aspects of maternity care together, 103 (25.1%)
had good involvement in maternal health care. Among respondents, 200 (48.7%) had a positive attitude towards maternal health care.
Conclusion: participants who had good involvement in maternal health care were low and participants who had good attitude towards maternal health care were average. Moreover, access to information on men’s involvement in maternal health, living arrangement, and whether the pregnancy was planned or not were factors associated with men’s involvement in maternal health
care. Encouraging pregnant mothers to communicate effectively on maternal health issues with their partner and effective counseling in family planning services should be applied.
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Male Involvement, Male Attitude, Maternal Health care.