Male Partner Attendance to Skilled Antenatal Care and Associated Factors in Halaba Town, Southern Ethiopia 2017
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Introduction: Male attendance during antenatal care is promoted to be an important interventionto increase positive maternal health outcomes. This is because the attendance of men in antenatalcare can play a vital role in ensuring safe pregnancy and skilled delivery. Despite efforts tostimulate male attendance during antenatal care, few men in Ethiopia accompany their spouse toantenatal care visits.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess male partner attendance to skilled antenatal careand associated factors in Halaba Town, Sothern Ethiopia
Method: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted on male partners whose womengave birth within 24 months prior to the survey. Stratified random sampling method was used toget the total sample size of 370 participants. A pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data entry was carried out using EPI data version 3.1 and transferred to SPSSversion 23.0 for further analysis.
Result: Only 24.9% male partners attended at least one skilled antenatal care visit. Respondentswho were government employed (AOR:4.25;(95%CI:(1.2,14.9),whose spouse had secondary education(AOR:2.74; (95%CI:(1.4,7.23), who knew the recommended time for first ANCvisit(AOR:7.1;(95%CI:(3.73,13.5), aware about four ANC visits(AOR:2.8;95%CI;(1.15,6.86) andknowledgeable about ANC services (AOR:2.0;95%CI:(1.12,3.66) were positively associated withmale attendance skilled antenatal care. The most common reasons for not attending ANC werebeing preoccupied with other jobs and considering pregnancy as women affair.
Conclusion: majority of male not attended skilled antenatal care. In order to improve maleattendance to skilled antenatal care, health education aimed at increasing men awareness aboutantenatal care services should be instituted by government bodies.
Key words: Male partner, Attendance, antenatal care
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Male partner Attendance Antenatal care