Male Partners’ Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch Zuria Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

Background. Male involvement is an important determinant of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. However, male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ethiopia is not well known. Objectives. To assess male partners involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and associated factors in Arba Minch town and Arba Minch Zuria woreda. Methods. Community based study was conducted in Arba Minch town and Arba Minch Zuria district. Multistage sampling technique was used and data were collected using interviewer administered standard questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine the presence of statistically significant associations between the outcome variable and the independent variables. Results. The level of male involvement in PMTCT program in Arba Minch town and Zuria district was 53%. Several factors appear to contribute to male involvement in the PMTCT program including age, residence, education level, knowledge on HIV, knowledge on PMTCT, accessibility of health facility, having weak perception for male involvement in PMTCT, having perception of ANC attendance being females' responsibility, ever use of khat, and ever use of cigarette. Conclusion. Geographical accessibility of health facility and male's knowledge on PMTCT should be improved to increase their involvement in PMTCT.

Male involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of human immuno virus and associated factors among partners’ of reproductive age women at Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

“…This implies that male participation in PMTCT of HIV is poor. However, the finding of this study is lower than with a previous studies reported in Arba Minich Town, Southern Ethiopia [12], and Addis Ababa City, Central Ethiopia [13]. The difference might be due to the inclusion criteria of the study population in both studies.…”

“…In our study, men's whose occupation were government employee were 3.7 times more likely to be involved in PMTCT of HIV as compared to self-employee (AOR = 3.73, 95%CI 2.169, 6.419). This finding is in line with a previous studies conducted at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Gondar, Ethiopia [10,12]. This might be due to government employees are more likely educated, and the fact that they are more exposed to information and can able to understand the burden of the problem.…”

“…Studies conducted in Thailand, Uganda, Kenya, Mekelle Ethiopia and Gondar Ethiopia showed that the prevalence of male involvement in the PMTCT of HIV were 46%, 5%, 31%, 20.1%, and 27.3%, respectively [7][8][9][10][11]. Age, residence, marital status, educational level, occupational status, average monthly income, and distance from the health institution were the significant risk factors for the PMTCT of HIV in a previous studies [12][13][14][15].…”

“…Male involvement When partners' of pregnant women attended both HIV counselling and testing (HCT) during ANC visit for the purpose of PMTCT of HIV service utilization [12].…”

Male Partner Support and Associated Factor on PMTCT Option B+ among HIV Positive Pregnant and Lactating Mothers in South Wollo Zone, North East Ethiopia

“…Different studies were done on male partner involvement in Sub Saharan Africa contries including Ethiopia and the level of male partner involvement in our study was higher than study done in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch Zuria Woreda, Southern Ethiopia which was 53% [10]. The possible reason for high male partner involvement in our study compared to that of Arbaminch's study could be the difference in study design, study population and sample size we used.…”