Factors Hindering Men Involvement in Antenatal Care Services at Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi District

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Globally, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 women die annually from causes related to pregnancy and child birth and 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. Male involvement in the antenatal care services clearly goes against prevailing gender norms in many places in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite instituting programme targeted at encouraging male partner participation in antenatal programmes. The purpose of the study was to investigate factors hindering Men involvement in Antenatal care services at Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi District. The study was conducted in Ishaka Adventist Hospital and descriptive cross-sectional design in nature and quantitative methods of data collection was used. Data collection took a period of two weeks. Most out of 56 respondents, 73% influencer of health seeking behavior of a pregnant woman was husband, 18% were mother, 5% influencer were mother-in-law and only 4% influencer were other (grandmother). 86% (48) “Yes” said their cultures support accompanying pregnant female for ANC meanwhile 14% (8) “No” said their cultures support does not. Many respondents 39.3% demanded that they should be given couple first priority, 28.6% said others (employ male nurse), 19.6% space for couple and only 12.5% health talk. The respondents suggested strategies to be used to encourage men accompany their wives/partner to ANC clinic majority with 37 (66%) who reported that through community sensitization followed by 12 (21%) supportive program and only 7 (13%) reported others (improve attitudes, involved village health team. Couple should be given first priority whenever they come for antenatal care services.

Factors Hindering Men Involvement in Antenatal Care Services at Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi District
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