Abstract:
Background: Husband’s participation in obstetrics care is an important strategy in reducing
preventable maternal morbidity and mortality. However, most of the studies were focused on
women participants.
Objective: To assess husband’s plan to participate in birth preparedness and complication
readiness and associated factors in Haramaya district, HDSS site from March 9 to April 08/2020
eastern Ethiopia.
Method: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among systematically selected
653 men whose wife were pregnant and living in Haramaya HDSS site. Data were collected using
pretested questionnaire though face to face interview and entered into Epi-Data version 3.1 and
analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive statistical analysis such as frequency distribution
were used. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression model was used to see the associated
factors. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and p-value <0.05 was used to declared
level of statistical significance.
Results: The result showed that the magnitude of husbands’ participation in birth preparedness
and complication readiness was 55.4% (95% CI: 56%, 64%). knowledge of birth preparedness and
complication readiness (AOR) = 4.18 with 95% CI: (2.05, 8.51), knowledge of danger signs
during labor and delivery(AOR) = 3.19 with 95% CI: (1.52,6.71), number of wives (AOR) = 6.84;
95% CI: 4.17, 11.22) and made postpartum preparation (AOR) = 2.30, 95% CI: 1.38,3.85 were
significantly associated with husband participation in birth preparedness and complication
readiness.
Conclusion: husbands’ participation in birth preparedness and complication readiness was found
to be low. We recommend the concerned body should give education on the importance of early
birth preparedness and complication readiness.
