Attitude And Involvement Of Male Partner In Maternal Health Care In Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2020 Gc

Background: Males tend to be decision-makers within the family. But Most of the efforts to rnincrease the uptake of maternal health services have mainly addressed women. Little has beenrndone to involve the male partner in maternal health.rnObjectives: To assess the attitude and involvement of the male partner in maternal health care inrnNifas silk lafto sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.rnMethod: A community-based cross-sectional design was employed. A systematic randomrnsampling technique was used to select the study participants. The data were collected using arnstructured self – administered questionnaire. A total of 411 married men included in the study.rnData were entered in Epidata version 4.6 then exported and analyzed through SPSS version 25.rnThe association between the dependent variable and independent variables was checked usingrnMultivariable logistic regression. The adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI computed and variablesrnwith p-value ≤ 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.rnResults: A total of 411 respondents participated in the study which makes the response rate ofrn100 %. About 142 (34.5%), 274 (66.7%), and 258 (62.8%) had good involvement in antenatal,rnlabour and delivery, and postnatal care respectively. Males whose partner had unplannedrnpregnancy (AOR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.222 - 0.956), those who did not live together with theirrnpartner (AOR = 0.09, 95% CI: 0.011- 0.804) and who do not get Information in antenatal andrnpostnatal clinics (AOR = 0.101, 95% CI: 0.056-0.181) were less likely to have good involvementrnin maternal health care.rnPutting the level of involvement in all the three aspects of maternity care together, 103 (25.1%)rnhad good involvement in maternal health care. Among respondents, 200 (48.7%) had a positivernattitude towards maternal health care.rnConclusion: participants who had good involvement in maternal health care were low andrnparticipants who had good attitude towards maternal health care were average. Moreover, accessrnto information on men’s involvement in maternal health, living arrangement, and whether thernpregnancy was planned or not were factors associated with men’s involvement in maternal healthrncare. Encouraging pregnant mothers to communicate effectively on maternal health issues withrntheir partner and effective counseling in family planning services should be applied.

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