Married Men Perceptions and Barriers to Participation in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Care in Osogbo, Nigeria

Adelekan, Ademola; Edoni, Elizabeth; Olaleye, Oladipupo S.

doi:10.1155/2014/680962

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“…More than three quarter of the respondents were from the Yoruba ethnic group as revealed from the study, this is expected since the study is carried out in Ibadan North, a local government in the South-western part of Nigeria. The proportion of the respondents who practised Islam is higher compared to those who practiced Christianity and traditional religion which was similar to a research conducted in Osogbo (Adelekan et al, 2014) where more than three quarter of the respondents were Muslims. The educational status of men in the community can be considered to be less than average since less than half of them had at least secondary education.…”

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Knowledge and practice of married men towards safe motherhood in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria

Titiloye¹,

Alabi²,

Imaledo³

2019

Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery

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Men are the major decision makers in the home; thus, this study was designed to assess the knowledge and practice of married men towards safe motherhood in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study was adopted using a multi-stage and proportionate sampling technique to recruit three hundred and ten married men. A semi-structured questionnaire used to solicit information on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge and practice of safe motherhood among respondents. Knowledge were measured on 35-point and knowledge scores of ≤11, 12-23, ≥24 were rated poor, fair and good respectively. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were conducted at 5% level of significance. Respondents' age was 43.7±7.9 years, 85.5% were Yoruba and 54.5% were Muslims, 47.1% of the respondents had secondary education. A good number of the respondents (64.2%) had safe motherhood awareness but the knowledge of safe motherhood was poor (74.8%). About one-third (33.1%) understood safe motherhood as taking care of women throughout pregnancy. The overall mean knowledge score was 8.97±3.48. Level of education and occupation were statistically significant with respondents' knowledge of safe motherhood. There is need to enlighten married men about safe motherhood and involvement in maternal health.

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Knowledge and practice of married men towards safe motherhood in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria

Titiloye¹,

Alabi²,

Imaledo³

2019

Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery

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“…Despite the positive attitudes towards the roles of men expressed in this study, cultural factors are a hindrance to the execution of the roles. Culture relegates maternal and child caring aspects to women which remains consistent with findings by Adelekan (2014) who reported that men were unwilling to participate in PMTCT because it was culturally inappropriate [34]. Although assistance with household chores was highlighted in our study and in a previous study [5], the division of roles according to gender, prohibits men from assisting a pregnant or a nursing mother , because of the prevailing norm that household chores are for women [5].…”

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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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“…Table 2 identifies basic characteristics of study setting and type of the included studies. Of the 44 articles included, 24 were qualitative studies [ 13 , 14 , 18 – 23 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 39 – 51 ], 10 were cross sectional studies [ 26 , 51 – 59 ], 3 were cohort studies [ 24 , 60 , 61 ], 3 were systematic reviews [ 12 , 16 , 17 ], 3 were randomised control trials [ 62 – 64 ], and 1 used mixed methods [ 15 ].…”

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“…“Few of the participants added a condition that their presence must be needed at the clinic before they could accompany their wife.” [ 18 ] pg 4…”

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Improving male involvement in antenatal care in low and middle-income countries to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV: A realist review

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Background Childhood Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection occurs almost exclusively via mother to child transmission (MTCT) during pregnancy, birth, or through breastfeeding. Recent studies have shown that male involvement (MI) in antenatal care (ANC) and HIV testing, including couples voluntary counselling and testing (CVCT), increases the likelihood that women will adhere to prevention advice and comply with HIV treatment if required during their pregnancy; hence reducing the rates of MTCT of HIV. This realist review investigates how, why, when, and for whom MI in ANC works best to provide contextual advice on how MI in ANC can be best used for prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Methods A realist review of existing evidence was conducted. Realist review seeks to explain how and why an intervention works, or does not work, in a given context. This was completed through the five stages of realist synthesis; Eliciting the program theory, search strategy, study selection criteria, data extraction, and data analysis and synthesis. Findings are presented as context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations outlining the mechanisms that work in given contexts to give an outcome. Results Three CMO configurations were developed. These describe that 1) Couples in monogamous relationships have higher levels of trust, commitment and security leading to increased uptake of PMTCT programs together; 2) ANC spaces that make ‘male friendly’ adaptions promote normalisation of MI in PMTCT and are more welcoming, leading to increased willingness of male partners to participate in ANC; and 3) couples and communities with higher health literacy encourage increased informed decision making, ownership, and responsibility and thus increased participation in PMTCT of HIV. Conclusions The CMOs developed in this review give contextual advice on how one might improve ANC services to increase MI and help reduce MTCT of HIV. We propose that MI in ANC works best where couples are monogamous and trusting, where ANC spaces actively promote being a ‘male friendly space’ and where there are high levels of community education programs around MTCT.

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Married Men Perceptions and Barriers to Participation in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Care in Osogbo, Nigeria

Cited by 13 publications

References 30 publications

Knowledge and practice of married men towards safe motherhood in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria

Knowledge and practice of married men towards safe motherhood in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria

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

Improving male involvement in antenatal care in low and middle-income countries to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV: A realist review

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