Abusha, Nuradin (2014) 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. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Male involvement, skilled delivery attendant, Lemo Woreda |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2018 12:07 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2018 12:07 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7782 |
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