Male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the context of partner testing in Goba town, Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study

Alemayehu, Metadel; Haidar, Jemal

doi:10.7196/samj.2017.v107i10.11371

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“…Husbands who had attended secondary and above education were 1.93 times more likely to accompany their wives in ANC than those who had no formal education. Similar studies in Nepal, Central Ghana and Goba town Ethiopia have found that education level is an important factor for husband antenatal care attendance [14,18,29]. This may be related to as people more educated they could easily understood the importance of husband attendance in maternal health care service including antenatal care.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…For instance a study which was conducted in Nepal is 39% [14]. In sub-Saharan Africa, husband antenatal care attendance varies between 12.5%-18.7% [17] and in Ethiopia studies showed that husband antenatal care attendance is rage from 19.7 22.7% [18][19][20]. Husband ANC attendance program still remains low in developing countries including Ethiopia [11][12][13].…”

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Prevalence of husband antenatal care attendance and associated factors among husbands whose wives gave birth in the last twelve months in Enebsiesarmider District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Adane

Abebe

Getacher

et al. 2019

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Background Globally, husband attendance of skilled maternal ANC care remains a challenge to safe motherhood. Even though husband attendance in antenatal care is one of the strategies for enhancing reproductive and sexual health in Ethiopia, the magnitude of husband attendance in ANC is not well investigated in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess husband antenatal care attendance and associated factors among husbands whose wives gave birth in the last twelve months prior to the study in Enebsiesarmider district, Northwest Ethiopia.Methods A Community-based cross-sectional study was employed to assess husband antenatal care attendance and associated factors among husbands whose wives gave birth in the last twelve months in Enebsiesarmider district, Northwest Ethiopia. The study was conducted from February 10-March 10, 2018. A total of 402 participants were involved in the study. Multi stage sampling method was used to recruit study participants. Data were collected using structured interviewer administered questionnaire. Data were entered using epi Data software and exported to SPPS for analysis. Descriptive statistics including mean, proportion were used to describe study variables. Binary and multivariable logistic regression was employed to describe variables in relation to the outcome variable.Result: The prevalence of husband antenatal care attendance was found to be 31.8% [95%CI, 27.4-36.3]. Attending secondary education and above [AOR 1.93, 95%CI, 1.14-3.26], good antenatal care knowledge [AOR 3.30, 95%CI, 2.02-5.39] and hadn’t health system barriers [AOR 2.32, 95%CI, 1.35-4.00] were statistically associated with husband antenatal care attendance.Conclusion Husband ANC attendance was found to be low in the study area. Regional health department shall design behavioral change interventions to reducing health system pitfalls towards ANC in the study area, furthermore, enabling all pregnant women to be booked for ANC and providing invitation letter to their husbands in the subsequent ANC visits seems essential to initiate husband ANC attendance.

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confidence: 56%

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence of husband antenatal care attendance and associated factors among husbands whose wives gave birth in the last twelve months in Enebsiesarmider District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Adane

Abebe

Getacher

et al. 2019

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“… 15 The less partner HIV test in this study was attributed to being busy, which is the same as the study found in Goba. 16 Another reason attributed to men not being tested was proxy testing the finding is congruent with that of the study done by Goba in Ethiopia. 16 But compared to the study that was made in Addis Ababa it is higher which shows 44% reported having been tested during the partner’s pregnancy.…”

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“…This finding is higher than to study conducted in Goba and Gondar town which was 22.7% and 40.1%, respectively. 16 , 17 The possible reasons for this might be the easily accessibility of transportation to reach health facilities. However, this study is lower than finding in a survey conducted by Abraham Haileamlak in Ethiopia (72%), 26 a study conducted in Rwanda which was 81% of the male partners being tested 5 and also a study conducted in Uganda revealed that the majority (more than 90%) of male partners who attended the antenatal clinic accepted HIV counseling and testing for HIV.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The sample size was calculated for both objectives and the maximum sample size was obtained using the first objective. The following assumptions were used for sample size calculations: a proportion of 40.1% of male partner testing in Gondar town, 16 level of significance 5% (α= 0.05), 95% confidence level (Z α/2 =1.96) and absolute precision or margin of error 5% (d = 0.05), power 80%, ratio of exposed to unexposed 1:1, and design effect of 2.…”

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Utilization of HIV Test Service Among Pregnant Women’s Partners and Its Associated Factors in Selected Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Markos¹,

Kinfe²

2021

HIV

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Background Significant progress has been made towards achieving the 90-90-90 global targets by 2020. Nationally, 72% of HIV-positive people aged 15–64 years in urban areas were aware of their HIV status. There is low habit of male partner accompanying pregnant women during ANC visit. This study assessed the HIV test service utilization and associated factors among pregnant women’s partners in Addis Ababa. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from January to February 2020 in Addis Ababa town. A multistage sampling method was used to recruit 812 participants. Data were entered into EpiData version 4.1 and analysis was done by using SPSS version 25.0. The presence and strength of significant association with outcome variables in multivariable analysis were determined with P<0.05 and at 95% CI, respectively. Results Among respondents, 63.7% [95% CI (60–67%)] of pregnant woman partners had tested for HIV/AIDS. Knowledge on the route of HIV transmission from mother to child (AOR=1.9, 95% CI (1.3–2.7)), knowledge on ways of prevention of HIV from mother to child transmission (AOR=0.26, 95% CI (0.17–0.38)), previous history of couple HIV counseling (AOR=3.7, 95% CI (2.3–6.1)), discussion about HCT and ANC services with a partner (AOR=6.3, 95% CI (4.0–9.8)), heard about discordant HIV test result (AOR=1.6, 95% CI (1.4–4)) were significantly associated with partner HIV test. Conclusion HIV testing service utilization among male partners of pregnant women was good in the study area. The knowledge on ways of prevention of HIV from mother to child transmission, those who received couple HIV counseling before, those who discussed HCT at ANC services with a partner, and heard about discordant HIV test results were predictors of HIV test utilization among pregnant women partner. Therefore, increasing community awareness on the pregnant women partner testing should be planned to enhance male partner HIV testing during in antenatal care follow-up.

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Implementing Couple’s Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Counseling in the Antenatal Care Setting

Momplaisir

Finley

Wolf

et al. 2020

Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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OBJECTIVE: To describe a pilot implementation of couple’s human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and counseling in an antenatal care clinic in the United States. METHODS: We used a cross-sectional study design. Couples were recruited from an antenatal care clinic of a large, urban, tertiary medical center, and were eligible if both partners agreed to receive HIV test results together and reported no coercion to participate in testing and counseling and no intimate partner violence. We assessed relationship characteristics, HIV risk-related behaviors and concordance of couples' sexual agreement (ie, mutual agreement about sexual risk behaviors that are permissible within or outside of their relationship). Acceptability of couple’s HIV testing and counseling (ie, format, quality of the sessions, ability to meet their needs) was assessed after completing the session. Barriers and facilitators to couple’s HIV testing and counseling were assessed at the individual-level among decliners and participants and at the clinic-level among members of the care team. RESULTS: Dyadic data were collected from 82 individuals (41 couples). Most partners (n=56, 68%) did not have a sexual agreement or had differing expectations about their sexual agreement. Partners with a concordant sexual agreement (n=26) felt more confident working with their partners on condom use when having sex outside of their relationship (P=.008) and were more likely to agree with their partner to get tested regularly for HIV or sexually transmitted infections (P=.015). Acceptability was high, with a rating of 93 or more (out of 100) among all items. Individual-level barriers to couple’s HIV testing and counseling included difficulty bringing the male partner for counseling and a perception by either member of the couple that they were at low-risk for HIV. At the clinic level, need for training, staff turnover, and integration of couple’s HIV testing and counseling in the clinic flow presented as barriers, whereas commitment by the clinic leadership facilitated the couple’s HIV testing and counseling program. CONCLUSION: Despite barriers, couple’s HIV testing and counseling can be implemented in antenatal clinics and is a highly acceptable method of HIV testing.

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Male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the context of partner testing in Goba town, Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Prevalence of husband antenatal care attendance and associated factors among husbands whose wives gave birth in the last twelve months in Enebsiesarmider District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Prevalence of husband antenatal care attendance and associated factors among husbands whose wives gave birth in the last twelve months in Enebsiesarmider District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Utilization of HIV Test Service Among Pregnant Women’s Partners and Its Associated Factors in Selected Sub-Cities of Addis Ababa, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Implementing Couple’s Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Counseling in the Antenatal Care Setting

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