scholarly journals 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

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ayalew ◽  
Melese Gebrie ◽  
Ephrem Geja ◽  
Bereket Beyene
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Male Partner Involvement ◽  
Focused Antenatal Care ◽  
Partner Involvement ◽  
Mother To Child

scholarly journals Barriers to and Opportunities for Male Partner Involvement in Antenatal Care in Efforts to Eliminate Mother-to-child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kenya: Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
Brian Barasa Masaba ◽  
Rose M Mmusi-Phetoe
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Mother To Child Transmission ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Male Partner Involvement ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Partner Involvement ◽  
Mother To Child

Introduction: Men’s involvement in antenatal care (ANC) is intended to encourage husbands to support women’s care and associated interventions, including prevention of mother-to-child transmission from pregnancy to delivery, and throughout the postnatal period. The present study aimed to systematically review the barriers and opportunities for male partner involvement in antenatal care in efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Kenya. Methods: A systematic search of articles was from the following databases; Scopus, Science Direct, PUBMED, OVID, and Google scholar. The reference list of included studies was manually searched for possible additional eligible articles. The searches were conducted from May 2019 to April 2020. Qualitative analysis was done and data were presented in thematic domains. Results: The search generated 2208 articles, of which only 19 met the inclusion criteria. The major findings were discussed under two thematic domains: 1) Barriers: Knowledge, Social-cultural/economic factors, Institutional factors, and Age. 2) Opportunities: Skilled Birth Attendant, Human Immunodeficiency virus-free infant and Human Immunodeficiency virus testing. Conclusion: The review notes that the main barriers to male partner involvement in antenatal care in efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency virus in Kenya include; socio-cultural factors, the low maternal-child health education by the male partner, and institutional factors. It further provides insight on the opportunities associated with male partner involvement in antenatal care/prevention of mother-to-child transmission, which includes; having Human Immunodeficiency virus-free infants and increased, skilled birth deliveries. The review strongly calls out for sustainable initiatives to incorporate males into the antenatal care/prevention of mother to child transmission programs.

scholarly journals Development of a Novel Scale to Measure Male Partner Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Hampanda ◽  
Lisa Abuogi ◽  
Pamela Musoke ◽  
Maricianah Onono ◽  
Anna Helova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Male Partner ◽  
Mother To Child Transmission ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Male Partner Involvement ◽  
Partner Involvement ◽  
Mother To Child

scholarly journals Non-disclosure of HIV-positive status to a partner and mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Evidence from a case–control study conducted in a rural county in Kenya

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joram Nyandat ◽  
Gisela Van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Male Partner ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Mother To Child Transmission ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Male Partner Involvement ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Hiv Acquisition ◽  
Partner Involvement ◽  
Mother To Child

Background: Many factors contribute to an enhanced risk of infant HIV acquisition, two of which may include failure of a mother to disclose her HIV-positive status to her partner and exclusion of male partners in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) interventions. To justify why HIV programmes need to integrate male partner involvement and partner disclosure, we need to establish an association between the two factors and infant HIV acquisition.Objective: To determine whether failure to disclose an HIV-positive status to a male partner is associated with increased risk of infant HIV acquisition, and whether part of the association is explained by exclusion of male partner in PMTCT programmes.Methods: Using a case–control study design, we identified a total of 180 mother–baby pairs with HIV-exposed infants. Thirty-six pairs with HIV-positive babies (cases) were compared to 144 pairs with HIV-negative babies (controls) on whether the mothers had disclosed their HIV status to their partner in order to determine whether a disclosure or lack of it contributed to increased risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT). Each case pair was matched to four control pairs from the same facility.Results: Overall, 16.7% of mothers had not disclosed their HIV status to their partners, the proportion being significantly more among cases (52.8% vs. 7.6%, p < 0.001). Non-disclosure was significantly associated with infant HIV acquisition (aOR 9.8 (3.0–26.3); p < 0.001) and male partner involvement partially mediated the effect of non-disclosure on infant HIV acquisition (indirect coefficient = 0.17, p < 0.005).Conclusions: Failure of an HIV-positive woman to disclose her status to her male partner and exclusion of male partners in PMTCT programmes are two social factors that may curtail success of interventions towards the goal of eliminating MTCT.

scholarly journals Utilization of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services and Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attending Mothers in Sebeta Town, Central Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailu Merga ◽  
Kifle Woldemichael ◽  
Lamessa Dube
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Pmtct Service ◽  
Mother To Child Transmission ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mother To Child

Background. HIV transmission from mother to child continues to be the major source of HIV infection among children under the age of fifteen. Targeting pregnant women attending antenatal clinics provides a unique opportunity for implementing prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs against HIV infection of newborn babies. This study assessed utilization of PMTCT service of HIV and associated factors among ANC attending mothers.Methods. An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 20 to March 30, 2015, using exit interviews with 377 ANC attendees using consecutive sampling method. In-depth interviews with service provider were conducted to complement the quantitative data. Data were entered and analysed using EpiData and SPSS, respectively.Results. The prevalence of PMTCT service utilization was 86.9% in this study. Only 8.6% of respondents attended the facility for HCT. After controlling confounders using logistic regression, PMTCT service utilization was associated with age (25–34) of respondents (AOR (95% CI) = 0.46 (0.22, 0.97)), mother’s occupational status (being merchant AOR (95% CI) = 0.31 (0.12, 0.83), government employee AOR (95% CI) = 0.05 (0.01, 0.28), student AOR (95% CI) = 0.1 (0.01, 0.44), and daily laborer AOR (95% CI) = 0.13 (0.05, 0.33)), husband’s educational status (lack of formal education (AOR (95% CI) = 3.3 (1.1, 9.9))), having discussion with husband (AOR (95% CI) = 6.1 (2.6, 14.1)), partner tested (AOR (95% CI) = 8.2 (1.9, 34.46)), and being not satisfied with the service (AOR (95% CI) = 0.46 (0.2, 0.99)).Conclusions. This study revealed that utilization of HIV counseling and testing during antenatal care was high among pregnant women in Sebeta town. It highlights that focusing on improvement of quality and coverage of health services has significant effects on PMTCT service utilization. Effective use or uptake of ARV drug among HIV-positive pregnant women should be further investigated so that utilization will be enhanced.

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