Nuriye, Keyredin (2017) Male Partner Attendance to Skilled Antenatal Care and Associated Factors in Halaba Town, Southern Ethiopia 2017. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Introduction: Male attendance during antenatal care is promoted to be an important intervention to increase positive maternal health outcomes. This is because the attendance of men in antenatal care can play a vital role in ensuring safe pregnancy and skilled delivery. Despite efforts to stimulate male attendance during antenatal care, few men in Ethiopia accompany their spouse to antenatal care visits. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess male partner attendance to skilled antenatal care and associated factors in Halaba Town, Sothern Ethiopia Method: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted on male partners whose women gave birth within 24 months prior to the survey. Stratified random sampling method was used to get 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 SPSS version 23.0 for further analysis. Result: Only 24.9% male partners attended at least one skilled antenatal care visit. Respondents who 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 ANC visit(AOR:7.1;(95%CI:(3.73,13.5), aware about four ANC visits(AOR:2.8;95%CI;(1.15,6.86) and knowledgeable about ANC services (AOR:2.0;95%CI:(1.12,3.66) were positively associated with male attendance skilled antenatal care. The most common reasons for not attending ANC were being preoccupied with other jobs and considering pregnancy as women affair. Conclusion: majority of male not attended skilled antenatal care. In order to improve male attendance to skilled antenatal care, health education aimed at increasing men awareness about antenatal care services should be instituted by government bodies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Male partner, Attendance, antenatal care |
| 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: | 04 Oct 2018 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2018 12:16 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6730 |
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