Table 2 Men’s knowledge of and involvement in wive’s antenatal care and delivery
Parameter | n = 210 | (100%) | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANTENATAL CARE | |||||||
Heard of antenatal clinic | 140 | (67) | Considered antenatal care important | 117 | (84) | ||
Knowledge of screening tests | HIV | 72 | (51) | ||||
VDRL | 52 | (37) | |||||
Hb | 9 | (6) | |||||
Knowledge of tetanus vaccine | 10 | (7) | |||||
Wife attended AN clinic | 123 | (59) | Husband supported wife | 37 | (30) | ||
Reasons not supported | |||||||
Poor knowledge | 31 | (36) | |||||
Facility access | 30 | (35) | |||||
Culture/gender norms | 25 | (29) | |||||
Wife not attended | 87 | (41) | Reasons for non-attendance | ||||
Poor Knowledge | 3 | (84) | |||||
Facility access | 8 | (9) | |||||
Male health staff | 6 | (7) | |||||
Spousal discussion | Yes | 69 | (33) | Reason for no discussion | |||
No | 141 | (67) | Cultural norms | 76 | (54) | ||
Poor knowledge | 65 | (46) | |||||
DELIVERY | |||||||
Heard of supervised births | 137 | (65) | Importance | Safe delivery | 55 | (40) | |
Avoid complications | 14 | (10) | |||||
Don’t know | 68 | (50) | |||||
Who decides on place of delivery? | |||||||
Wife | 102 | (49) | |||||
Husband | 15 | (7) | |||||
Both | 83 | (40) | |||||
Health worker | 10 | (5) | |||||
Last delivery in village | 124 | (59) | Reasons for village birth | ||||
Poor knowledge | 83 | (67) | |||||
Safe village birth | 16 | (13) | |||||
Male staff at facility | 15 | (12) | |||||
Distance | 10 | (8) | |||||
Health facility | 86 | (41) | Husband provided support | Yes | 62 | (72) | |
No | 24 | (28) | |||||
Reasons for no support | |||||||
Lack of knowledge | 12 | (50) | |||||
Cultural norms | 9 | (38) | |||||
Lack of resources | 3 | (13) | |||||
Spousal discussion | Yes | 106 | (51) | Reason for no discussion | |||
No | 104 | (50) | Cultural norms | 54 | (52) | ||
Poor knowledge | 50 | (48) | |||||