肯尼亚 Kangundo 县医院男性参与产前护理服务的决定因素。

Determinants of male partner involvement in antenatal care services at Kangundo Sub-County Hospital in Kenya.

机构信息

Master of science in nursing student, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

Community health department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O.BOX 6200-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

出版信息

Afr Health Sci. 2022 Sep;22(3):93-99. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i3.11.

DOI:10.4314/ahs.v22i3.11

PMID:36910400

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9993307/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Male partner involvement in antenatal care services is aimed at improving maternal health outcomes since men are important persons who play great roles at the family level.

OBJECTIVE

To assess the level and determinants of male partner involvement in antenatal care at Kangundo Sub-County hospital in Kenya.

METHODS

The study used analytical cross-sectional study method and was carried out in the maternal and child health clinic of Kangundo Sub-County hospital. Two hundred pregnant women at any gestational age, accompanied or not, seeking antenatal care services during the study period formed the study population. Simple random sampling technique was used to achieve a sample size of 132 participants. The data was then analyzed using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20.0.

RESULTS

The study revealed a low-level male partner involvement of 34.1%. Business as male partners' occupation (OR = 2, 95% CI (0.314 - 12.729), and distance from the health facility; living 4km from the facility (OR = 5.225, 95%CI (1.319 - 20.705) and more than 5km from the facility (OR = 3.520, 95% CI (0.941 - 13.174) were significantly associated with male partner involvement.

CONCLUSION

The factors contributing to low male partner involvement included: men being busy at work and the distance covered to reach the health facility.

摘要

背景

男性参与产前护理服务旨在改善产妇健康结果，因为男性是在家庭层面发挥重要作用的重要人物。

目的

评估肯尼亚 Kangundo 县医院男性参与产前护理的水平和决定因素。

方法

本研究采用分析性横断面研究方法，在 Kangundo 县医院的母婴保健诊所进行。在研究期间，任何孕龄、有或没有陪伴的 200 名孕妇构成了研究人群。使用简单随机抽样技术达到了 132 名参与者的样本量。然后使用统计软件包 for social science (SPSS) 版本 20.0 分析数据。

结果

研究显示男性参与度低，仅为 34.1%。男性的职业为生意（OR=2，95%CI（0.314-12.729））和距离医疗机构远；居住在离设施 4 公里以内（OR=5.225，95%CI（1.319-20.705））和居住在离设施 5 公里以上（OR=3.520，95%CI（0.941-13.174））与男性参与显著相关。