MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN INSTITUTIONAL DELIVEY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MALES, WHOSE WIVES’ GAVE BIRTH LAST 12 MONTH IN HARAR TOWN, EASTERN ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Back ground: Giving childbirth is a natural phenomenon beside the old custom society assigns women’s roles, responsibilities and their position in the family and the role of men in reproductive and sexual health has never been so widely recognized. Several initiatives has been in place to advocate men's shared responsibility, promotion of their active involvement in responsible parenthood ,reproductive health interventions targeted to couples are found to be more effective as involvement of husbands improve communication with service providers and encourage women to utilize health services. Objective: - Male involvement in institutional delivery and associated factors among males whose wives’ give birth last 12 month Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, February4- 14/2018 Methods: - The study was conducted in Harar City. Community based cross-sectional study design with quantitative method were applied in 570 men. The study was used multi-stage scheme using simple and systematic sampling technique. The data were entered to Epi-data and then exported to SPSS20 for analysis. A descriptive analysis was done using frequency, mean, and standard deviation. Crude and adjust logistic regression were used to see relationship between independent variable with outcome variable in order to control confounding factors. Significance level of P<0.05 and association of variables were tested by using 95% confidence interval (C.I) and odd ratio. Result:-Five hundred fifty-three respondent with response rate 97% the proportion of males involvement in institutional delivery was found 42.9% (95% CI 38.9-47) , factors associated with male involvement in institutional delivery were males age less than 35 years (AOR=2.45, 95% CI:1.69-3.55), educational status of males post primary and above (AOR=1.86, 95% CI:1.15-3.01), monthly house hold income above 3000E birr (AOR=3.48,CI:1.13-10.73), good knowledge about danger sign and advantage of institutional delivery (AOR=1.82, CI:1.22-272) were statistically and positively associated with male involvement in institutional delivery. Conclusion and recommendation: The proportion of male involvement was 42.9%, knowledge Danger sine of child birth and benefit of institutional delivery of male partner, monthly house holed income above 3000E birr and age of male less than 35years and post primary and above educational level of male were an independent variables was associated with male involvement in institutional delivery. Therefore, it needed to aware males to involve in their wives’ to deliver in health institution, and health education and awareness of males at different level, opportunities Education for male and research must be encouraged in this area