Dagnew Enyew, Andualem Miteku, Worku Temesegen, Gebeyehu Dawit, Taklual Wubet, Melkie Abenezer
College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Post Office Box: 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gondar University, Gondar, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2020 Mar 30;13(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05023-3.
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of male involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of human immune virus (HIV) and associated factors among partners' of reproductive age women at Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study was employed among 561 study participants. Data was collected with pretested structured questionnaire. The data was entered by Epi-Info version 7 software and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Statistical significance was declared at P value of < 0.05.
In this study, only 119 (21.2%) of males (95% CI 17.8%, 24.8%) were involved in PMTCT of HIV. Being government employee (AOR = 3.73, 95%CI (2.169, 6.419)), had ever heard about PMTCT of HIV (AOR = 2.46, 95%CI (1.20, 5.02)), discussed with their partner (AOR = 3.11, 95%CI (1.43, 6.55)), partners' who were informed the need to go PMTCT of HIV clinic (AOR = 2.45, 95%CI (1.17, 5.14)), Health workers friendly approach (AOR = 2.36, 95%CI (1.34, 4.15)), and long waiting time (AOR = 0.36, 95%CI (0.216, 0.610)) were found to be significantly associated with male involvement in PMTCT of HIV. Improving service provision including respectful care and health education on PMTCT of HIV for males and their partners shall be emphasized by the government.
本研究旨在确定埃塞俄比亚西北部德布雷塔博尔镇育龄妇女伴侣中男性参与预防人类免疫病毒（HIV）母婴传播（PMTCT）的患病率及相关因素。对561名研究参与者开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。通过预先测试的结构化问卷收集数据。数据由Epi-Info 7版软件录入，并导出到SPSS 23版进行分析。P值<0.05时具有统计学意义。
在本研究中，仅有119名男性（21.2%）（95%可信区间17.8%，24.8%）参与了HIV的PMTCT。政府雇员（调整后比值比[AOR]=3.73，95%可信区间[2.169，6.419]）、听说过HIV的PMTCT（AOR=2.46，95%可信区间[1.20，5.02]）、与伴侣讨论过（AOR=3.11，95%可信区间[1.43，6.55]）、伴侣被告知需要前往HIV的PMTCT诊所（AOR=2.45，95%可信区间[1.17，5.14]）、卫生工作者的友好态度（AOR=2.36，95%可信区间[1.34，4.15]）以及等待时间长（AOR=0.36，95%可信区间[0.216，0.610]）被发现与男性参与HIV的PMTCT显著相关。政府应强调改善服务提供，包括为男性及其伴侣提供尊重性护理和关于HIV的PMTCT的健康教育。
