Research on maternal health and men: Zimbabwe, Africa and World
A look at various studies done on maternal health reveals that most studies focus on the mother and child, while the father tends to be ignored. However, In Africa, health providers leaving out fathers' in health initiatives is a big mistake as they tend to control not only the purses but make the final decision especially about the wife and the children's health. The role of fathers in should always be considered to ensure that initiatives are supported.
Below I have managed to gather a few articles that have looked at the influences on mens participation in their pregnant wife's health and the new born child. While a few look at it from a global view, most are concerned with Africa and Zimbabwe.
Our library also has a collection of journals that our users are free to search through to access such information. Good reading and researching
1. Men and
maternal and newborn health- by J Davis
Materal workload during pregnancy, postnatal visits,
2. Men’s participation in health care by M Mahowe and S
Kangoma
-Men’s participation in women’s and children’s health,
fathers report on advice on birth and pregnancy
3. Reaching out: involving fathers in maternity care- by …
-Fathers being involved in their partner's maternity care.
https://www.rcm.org.uk/sites/default/files/Father's%20Guides%20A4_3_0.pdf
4. The involvement of
men in maternal health care: cross-sectional, pilot case studies from Maligita
and Kibibi, Uganda -D Singh
- ‘Yet, while the benefits of male involvement have been
acknowledged, there continues to be a challenge in creating a space for and
engaging men in maternal health. This is problematic due to the role of men as
the head of the household in many countries, especially developing countries,
which suffer from higher rates of maternal mortality. Furthermore, men are
important as partners, fathers and health care professionals and as such it is
important to involve and engage with men in maternal health education, and
antenatal care…..”
5. The role of fathers in maternal and child care- from
maternal and child health, 2013.- Although recent research provides essential
interventions that can avert most of these deaths, father involvement is rarely
addressed. Research on father involvement in Africa is not prevalent, but
evidence has shown that father involvement has positive effects on MCH
outcomes. Father involvement increases the likelihood that a woman will receive
prenatal care in her first trimester by 40 percent and reduces a pregnant
woman’s cigarette consumption by 36 percent (Martin, McNamara, Milot, Halle,
Hair, 2007).
Africa
1. Birth Preparedness, Complication Readiness
and Fathers’ Participation in Maternity Care in a Northern Nigerian Community by
Zubairu Iliyasu
The role of men in maternity care in Africa
is understudied, despite their economic dominance and decision making power. In
a patriarchal society like northern Nigeria, pregnancy and childbirth are often
regarded as exclusively women’s affairs……..Only 32.1% of men ever accompanied
their spouses for maternity care. There was very little preparation for skilled
assistance during delivery (6.2%), savings for emergencies (19.5%) or
transportation during labour (24.2%). http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?rh10002
2. Striving to promote male involvement in
maternal health care in rural and urban settings in Malawi - a qualitative
study by L Kululanga
Understanding the strategies that health care providers
employ in order to invite men to participate in maternal health care is very
vital especially in today's dynamic cultural environment. Effective utilization
of such strategies is dependent on uncovering the salient issues that
facilitate male participation in maternal health care. This paper examines and
describes the strategies that were used by different health care facilities to
invite husbands to participate in maternal health care in rural and urban
settings of southern Malawi. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245422/
3.
Male involvement in maternity health care in
Malawi.by Kululanga LI1, Sundby J, Malata A, Chirwa E.
This study was conducted in Mwanza district
in southern Malawi with the aim of investigating the individual's, community's
and health workers' perception of male involvement in maternal health care.
In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were the methods used for data
collection. The participants' perception of male involvement in facility care
concentrated around six sub-themes describing male involvement as; couple HIV
counselling and testing; a government law; a strategy for fast services for
women; unfair programme for women without partners; a foreign concept; an act
of love. We conclude that male involvement in the health facility care was
fragmented and associated mainly with first antenatal care; couple HIV
counselling and testing; suggesting poor integration of male involvement into
the existing maternal and child health programmes and that there is need to
engender maternal health care services. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22783678
5.
The relationship between factors that influence
men aged 20 to 50 years perceptions and their participation in PMPCT programmes
in Gwanda Urban by S Sibanda
Perception may negatively or positively
influence men’s participation in PMTCT, which can lead to a rise in the
morbidity and mortality rates among family members (father, mother and babies).
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the factors
that influence men’s perceptions and their participation in PMTCT (Prevention
of mother to child transmission of HIV) at Gwanda Urban. ir.uz.ac.zw/jspui/bitstream/10646/961/1/01sibanda_thesis.pdf
6.
Perspectives of men on antenatal and delivery
care service utilisation in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study Titus K
Kwambai123*, Stephanie Dellicour13, Meghna Desai14, Charles A Am
Poor utilisation of facility-based antenatal and delivery
care services in Kenya hampers reduction of maternal mortality. Studies suggest
that the participation of men in antenatal and delivery care is associated with
better health care seeking behaviour, yet many reproductive health programs do
not facilitate their involvement. This qualitative study conducted in rural
Western Kenya, explored men’s perceptions of antenatal and delivery care
services and identified factors that facilitated or constrained their
involvement. www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/13/134
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