PMID- 32210635
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231113
IS  - 1179-1373 (Print)
IS  - 1179-1373 (Electronic)
IS  - 1179-1373 (Linking)
VI  - 12
DP  - 2020
TI  - Determinants of Male Partner Involvement Towards Prevention of Mother to Child 
      Transmission Service Utilization Among Pregnant Women Who Attended Focused 
      Antenatal Care in Southern Ethiopia.
PG  - 87-95
LID - 10.2147/HIV.S233786 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Male partner involvement is an important and crucial determinant of 
      prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. It creates an 
      opportunity to reverse the transmission of HIV during pregnancy, labor, and 
      breastfeeding. Thus, involving male partners during HIV screening of pregnant 
      mothers at ANC is the key to fight against MTCT of HIV. OBJECTIVE: This study was 
      designed to assess the magnitude and factors associated with male partner's 
      involvement on PMTCT service utilization among pregnant women who attended 
      focused antenatal care (FANC) in Southern Ethiopia. METHODS: An 
      institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 420 randomly 
      selected pregnant women who enrolled in PMTCT service at ANC clinics. Pre-tested 
      and structured self-administered questionnaires were used to collect the data. 
      Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine the presence of 
      statistically significant associations between the outcome variable and the 
      independent variables with a p-value less than 0.05. RESULTS: A total of 409 
      pregnant women who had ANC follow-up have participated in this study. The 
      majority 160 (39.1%) of the participants were in the age group of 25-29 years. 
      The magnitude of male involvement in PMTCT service was 129 (29.8%). Number of ANC 
      visits (3rd visit (AOR=2.36, CI=1.09, 5.10), 4th visit (AOR=3.49, CI=1.65, 7.38), 
      birthplace interest (AOR=3.01, CI=1.16, 7.84), awareness about partner monthly 
      income (AOR=2.17, CI=1.15, 4.11), source of family saving scheme (partner 
      (AOR=2.99, CI=1.39, 6.43), self (AOR=8.59, CI=3.92, 18.82), both (AOR=5.13, 
      CI=2.21, 11.92), maternal perception about the importance of consulting partner 
      before HIV testing (AOR=9.30, CI=2.65, 32.64), and kinds of partner support 
      (psychological (AOR=0.08, CI=0.02, 0.29), financial (AOR=0.33, CI=0.17, 0.68) 
      were found to be significantly associated with male involvement in PMTCT. 
      CONCLUSION: This study found out that male partner involvement in PMTCT is low. 
      Therefore, improving male partner involvement in PMTCT is recommended for 
      improving maternal FANC service utilization and adherence with notification of 
      their partner and provision of psychological and financial support.
CI  - (c) 2020 Ayalew et al.
FAU - Ayalew, Mohammed
AU  - Ayalew M
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, 
      Hawassa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Gebrie, Melese
AU  - Gebrie M
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, 
      Hawassa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Geja, Ephrem
AU  - Geja E
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, 
      Hawassa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Beyene, Bereket
AU  - Beyene B
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, 
      Hawassa, Ethiopia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200306
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - HIV AIDS (Auckl)
JT  - HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)
JID - 101515943
PMC - PMC7069496
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ANC service utilization
OT  - Ethiopia
OT  - PMTCT
OT  - male partner
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2020/03/27 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/27 06:01
PMCR- 2020/03/06
CRDT- 2020/03/27 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/03/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/03/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/27 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/03/06 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 233786 [pii]
AID - 10.2147/HIV.S233786 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2020 Mar 6;12:87-95. doi: 10.2147/HIV.S233786. eCollection 
      2020.