Assessment of Male Involvement in Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness for Emergency Refferal at Wolaita Zone, Sodo Town, Southern Nation Nationality People Region, Ethiopia,2017
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background:-Avoidable maternal mortality remains a huge burden more especially in sub-
Saharan Africa. The involvement of husband during pregnancy and its complication helps an
expectant mother to make timely decisions to avoid delays that brings about complications that
could result in morbidity or mortality.
Objective:-To asses male involvement in birth preparedness and complication redness for
emergency referral at Wolaita Zone, Sodo Town, SNNPR, Ethiopia.
Methods:-Institution based cross sectional study was conducted at Wolaita Zone Sodo Town
among mothers how came to hospital and admitted to MCH due to emergency obstetric referral.
Data was collected by interviewer administered structured questionnaire and it was entered by
Epdata, cleaned and analyzed by using SPSS for windows version 23.0. 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.
Result: - Data were obtained from 233 women, yielding a response rate 100%. The prevalence
of male partner’s involvement in in birth preparedness and complication redness for emergency
referral was 30.9%. After adjusting for the effect of confounding variables using logistic
regression, variables like distance of health facility, having ANC follow-up and experience of
obstetric complication have statistically significant association with male partner’s involvement
in birth preparedness and complication readiness for obstetric referral.
Conclusion and recommendation: - In general, the study has revealed that male partner’s
involvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness for obstetric referral was low. The
government and other responsible bodies should make efforts to increase community based health
education, awareness creation and improve male partner’s involvement in birth preparedness and
complication readiness for obstetric referral and Encourage women to come with her husband for
the first ANC visit early in pregnancy and for adequate frequency of ANC visits
Keywords: Male involvement, Birth, Obstetric Complication
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Male involvement, Birth, Obstetric Complication