Assessment of Male Partners’ Involvement in Promoting Skilled Delivery Attendance of Spouses and Associated Factors in Lemo Woreda, Hadiya Zone, Southern Nation Nationality People Region, Ethiopia, 2014
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Introduction: - The involvement of men in the maternal health programs increase outreach as well
as utilization of the various reproductive health services. However, the failure to incorporate men
in maternal health promotion, prevention and implementation of maternal health services has had
a serious impact on the health of women and children.
Objective: - To assess male partners’ involvement in promoting skilled delivery of spouse and its
associated factors among households who have children age 0-12 months in Lemo woreda,
Southern Ethiopia.
Method: - A community based cross sectional study was conducted from March - April, 2014.
The study was used multi-stage sampling scheme using simple random and systematic sampling
techniques. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. A descriptive analysis was done using
frequency, mean, quartile and standard deviation. Crude and adjust logistic regression were used
to see relationship between independent variable with outcome variable in order control
confounding factors. Significance level of P<0.05 and association of variables were tested by
using 95% confidence interval (C.I) and odd ratio.
Results: Data were obtained from 335 male partners, yielding a response rate 94.1%. The
prevalence of male partner’s involvement in promoting skilled delivery attendant was 38.2%.
After adjusting for the effect of confounding variables using logistic regression, variables like
personal income, Cost of delivery service and knowledge of male partners have statistically
significant association with male partner’s involvement in promoting skilled delivery attendants.
Conclusion and recommendation: - In general, the study has revealed that male partner’s
involvement in promoting skilled delivery attendant was low. Finally the factors associated with
high male partners’ involvement in promoting skilled delivery attendants of spouses included;
higher education status of the husband, male partners who can afford cost of health facility
services, men who have high income, early adult hood and high status occupations with greater
wealth. The government and other responsible bodies should make efforts to increase community
based health education, awareness creation and improve male partner’s involvement on skilled
delivery attendants of a spouse that strategy may reduce MMR by improve reproductive health
care.
Key words: Male involvement, skilled delivery attendant, Lemo Woreda
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Male involvement, Skilled delivery attendant, Lemo Woreda