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
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mekonnen Baze | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paulos Kebreab | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-11T07:52:10Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T09:01:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-11T07:52:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T09:01:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background:-Avoidable maternal mortality remains a huge burden more especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The involvement of husband during pregnancy and its complication helps anexpectant mother to make timely decisions to avoid delays that brings about complications thatcould result in morbidity or mortality. Objective:-To asses male involvement in birth preparedness and complication redness foremergency referral at Wolaita Zone, Sodo Town, SNNPR, Ethiopia. Methods:-Institution based cross sectional study was conducted at Wolaita Zone Sodo Townamong 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 byEpdata, cleaned and analyzed by using SPSS for windows version 23.0. A descriptive analysiswas done using frequency, mean, quartile and standard deviation. Crude and adjust logisticregression were used to see relationship between independent variable with outcome variable inorder control confounding factors. Significance level of P<0.05 and association of variables weretested by using 95% confidence interval (C.I) and odd ratio. Result: - Data were obtained from 233 women, yielding a response rate 100%. The prevalenceof male partner’s involvement in in birth preparedness and complication redness for emergencyreferral was 30.9%. After adjusting for the effect of confounding variables using logisticregression, variables like distance of health facility, having ANC follow-up and experience ofobstetric complication have statistically significant association with male partner’s involvementin birth preparedness and complication readiness for obstetric referral. Conclusion and recommendation: - In general, the study has revealed that male partner’sinvolvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness for obstetric referral was low. Thegovernment and other responsible bodies should make efforts to increase community based healtheducation, awareness creation and improve male partner’s involvement in birth preparedness andcomplication readiness for obstetric referral and Encourage women to come with her husband forthe first ANC visit early in pregnancy and for adequate frequency of ANC visits Keywords: Male involvement, Birth, Obstetric Complication | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/7888 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Male involvement Birth Obstetric Complication | en_US |
| dc.title | 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 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |