MALE PARTNER’S INVOLVEMENT IN PROMOTING SKILLED DELIVERY ATTENDANCE AMONG FATHER WHO HAVE CHILDREN LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGE IN GUCHIRE TOWN

Abstract

Background: Male partner’s involvement in maternal health care has been described as a process of social and behavioral change that is needed for men to play in maternal health care with the purpose of ensuring women’s and children`s wellbeing. However, the failure to incorporate men in maternal health promotion, prevention and implementation of maternal health services has had a serious impact on the health of women and children. Objective: To assess the involvement of male partner’s in promoting skilled delivery attendance among fathers who have children less than one year of age in Gunchire twon, Gurage zone ,SNNP regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: Community based descriptive cross sectional; study design was conducted on a sample of 398 male partners’ that has children less than one year of age. The data was collected using structured and pre-tested questionnaires by face to face interviewee from December to January 2021. The data were collected and analyzed by manually using scientific calculator and presented by tables and figure. Results: Data were obtained from 362 male partner’s yielding a response rate 90%.The prevalence of male partner’s involvement in promoting skilled delivery attendants was 38%.The data were analyzed manually using scientific calculator. This study revealed that among 362 male partners toward skilled attendants of their spouse only 120(33%) of the respondents were have good knowledge, while a majority 242 (77%) of the respondents was poor knowledge and only 139(38%) was involved in skilled delivery attendants, while the majority of 223 (62%) was not involved. Conclusion and recommendation::Majority of male was not involved in promoting skilled delivery attendants and poor knowledge toward skilled delivery attendants of their spouse In order to improve male skilled delivery attendance, health education aimed at increasing men awareness, encourage women to come with her husband. The government should make efforts to increase community based health education, awareness creation and improve male partners involvement on skilled delivery attendants of a spouse that strategy my reduce MMR by improve reproductive health care.