Male Partners Involvement in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services in Southern Central Ethiopia: In Case of Lemo District, Hadiya Zone

Belato, Degefa Tadele; Beyamo, Abera; Begashaw, Bayu

doi:10.1155/2017/8617540

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“…Although our study did not report what other studies highlighted that there should be a different exit for male and female partners after HIV testing to avoid being identified by other health facility users [51], our study highlighted that HIV testing rooms should be behind other service rooms so that the areas should not be crowded and albeit preserve privacy.…”

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“…Similarly, it was noted that a lack of space to accommodate couples in consultation rooms was a barrier to MI because it made men feel uneasy when seated next to women they do not know [16,30,50]. Belato et al (2017) advocated for separate waiting areas for men and women visiting maternal and child health clinics [51]. The current health systems of Malawi face a challenge of lack of adequate space to accommodate men in PMTCT service [13].…”

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Roles and Expectations of Male Partners from PMTCT services in Chiradzulu Malawi: A Qualitative Study

Kansinjiro

Nyondo-Mipando

2019

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Background: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is the main measure for curbing HIV infection in children. Male involvement (MI) greatly influences uptake and adherence to PMTCT services yet the level remain low in Sub Saharan Africa. Lack of well stipulated roles for men in PMTCT is one of the main barriers to MI. Studies on MI have focused on women and Health care workers (HCW), thereby making men silent partners. The main aim of the study was to explore the roles and expectations of male partners in PMTCT services in Malawi. Methods: This was a descriptive qualitative study that involved men whose partners were either pregnant or breastfeeding a child, health care workers working in PMTCT services for over six months and traditional leaders. We conducted 9 in-depth interviews and 12 key informant interviews from January to March 2018. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and translated. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze data. Results: Male partners play supportive, HIV prevention behaviour change and decision-making roles in PMTCT services. Health assessment and health promotion activities are the male specific services required in PMTCT services and these should be delivered at both health facility and community levels. Conclusion : Male partners in PMTCT have expectations that need to be met at both health facility and community levels. There is need to have male-tailored package of health services that are directly provided to men along with PMTCT services at different levels in order to promote MI. The services should be provided in an atmosphere that allows and accepts male partners to exercise their roles in PMTCT services.

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Roles and Expectations of Male Partners from PMTCT services in Chiradzulu Malawi: A Qualitative Study

Kansinjiro

Nyondo-Mipando

2019

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Roles and Expectations of Male Partners from PMTCT services in Chiradzulu Malawi: A Qualitative Study

Kansinjiro

Nyondo-Mipando

2019

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Introduction: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is the main measure for curbing HIV infection in children. Male involvement (MI) greatly influences uptake and adherence to PMTCT services yet the level remain low in Sub Saharan Africa. Lack of well stipulated roles for men in PMTCT is one of the main barriers to MI. Studies on MI have focused on women and Health care workers (HCW), thereby making men silent partners. The main aim of the study was to explore the roles and expectations of male partners in PMTCT services in Malawi. Methods: This was a descriptive qualitative study that involved men whose partners were either pregnant or breastfeeding a child, health care workers working in PMTCT services for over six months and traditional leaders. We conducted 9 in-depth interviews and 12 key informant interviews from January to March 2018. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and translated. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze data. Results: Male partners play supportive, HIV prevention behaviour change and decision-making roles in PMTCT services. Health assessment and health promotion activities are the male specific services required in PMTCT services and these should be delivered at both health facility and community levels. Conclusion: Male partners in PMTCT have expectations that need to be met at both health facility and community levels. There is need to have male-tailored package of health services that are directly provided to men along with PMTCT services at different levels in order to promote MI. The services should be provided in an atmosphere that allows and accepts male partners to exercise their roles in PMTCT services.

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“…By commitment of different stakeholders, the provision and accessibility of HIV tests increase rapidly all over the world including Sub-Saharan African countries, but the number of tested peoples is still not up to the required level.. Around 25% of the world population in 2017 does not know their HIV status and 9.4 million people living with HIV (PLWH) were not aware about their serostatus and only about 17% of men were tested (12)(13)(14).…”

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“…Since men are often the household head and play the role of major decision-maker (11), their utilization of HIV test might have a greater role in increasing HIV testing among both men and women (11), (13). Due to lack of awareness, men who have HIV continue to be engaged in unsafe sexual practices, which in turn, increases the risk of women's for HIV.…”

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Determinants of HIV Testing Among Men Living in Rural Areas: Evidence from Ethiopian Population–Based Household Survey, 2016.

Worku

2020

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Background: Ethiopia is one of the high-burden HIV Country with low HIV test uptake. Although HIV is more prevalent among women in Sub-Saharan countries, HIV testing among men is equally important to end the HIV epidemic. Objective: To investigate the prevalence and determinants of HIV testing among rural men using Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2016 data.Method: This study used EDHS 2016 data. The sample size for this study was 10,187 rural men. Descriptive statistics analysis to know sample distribution and bivariable and multivariable logistic regression to identify associated factors with rural men's HIV testing status. All analyses were performed using the complex sample analysis procedure of the SPSS version 20.0 to account for the multistage sampling.Result: Overall, 40.3% of rural men were ever been tested for HIV. In the multivariable analysis, Being aged, 31-44 [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR:) 1.12; 95% CI: 1.01-1.42], living in developed regions (AOR: 1.43; 95% CI: 1.09-1.88), engaged in non-agricultural sector (AOR: 1.27; 95% CI: 1.05-1.52), being Muslim (AOR: 2.07; 95% CI: 1.67-2.67), and having comprehensive knowledge about HIV (AOR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.12-1.54) were positively associated with HIV testing. In the contrary, belonging to medium (AOR: 0.56; 95% CI:0.47-0.67) and rich (AOR: 0.67; 95% CI:0.56-0.80) wealth status, attending primary (AOR: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.16-0.28)) and secondary (AOR: 0.31; 95% CI: 0.25-0.35) education, having first sexual debut at age of <=17 (AOR: 0.26;95% CI: 0.19-0.93), perceived stigma towards HIV patients (AOR: 0.67; 95% CI: 0.47-0.93) and have not health insurance coverage(AOR: 0.54; 95% CI: 0.42-0.69) were negatively associated with HIV testing among rural men.Conclusion: HIV testing of rural men was very low. Socio-economic and other push factors like comprehensive knowledge about HIV, Perceived stigma towards HIV patients, and having health insurance coverage were found the determinant of testing among rural men. The Ethiopian government with its stakeholders should focus on rural men who least likely to get HIV testing. The Awareness building program about HIV and HIV testing should be initiated to encourage rural men to visit health facilities and take the test.

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Male Partners Involvement in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services in Southern Central Ethiopia: In Case of Lemo District, Hadiya Zone

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Roles and Expectations of Male Partners from PMTCT services in Chiradzulu Malawi: A Qualitative Study

Roles and Expectations of Male Partners from PMTCT services in Chiradzulu Malawi: A Qualitative Study

Roles and Expectations of Male Partners from PMTCT services in Chiradzulu Malawi: A Qualitative Study

Determinants of HIV Testing Among Men Living in Rural Areas: Evidence from Ethiopian Population–Based Household Survey, 2016.

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