Men's Perceptions of Delivery Care in Rural Malawi: Exploring Community Level Barriers to Improving Maternal Health

被引：23

作者：

Aarnio, Pauliina ^{[1
]}

Chipeta, Effie ^{[2
]}

Kulmala, Teija ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tampere, Dept Int Hlth, Sch Med, FIN-33014 Tampere, Finland

[2] Univ Malawi, Ctr Reprod Hlth, Blantyre, Malawi

来源：

HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL | 2013年 / 34卷 / 06期

基金：

芬兰科学院;

关键词：

EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; INVOLVEMENT; HUSBANDS; ATTITUDES; MORTALITY;

D O I：

10.1080/07399332.2012.755982

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

In this cross-sectional survey with qualitative components (n = 389), we explored how husbands perceive delivery care in rural Malawi. Most husbands decide on maternal health care seeking, believe in antenatal care, and prefer institutional delivery. Men acknowledge that their unfaithfulness and violence can harm the pregnancy. Most husbands feel responsible for birth preparedness, but poor availability and unforeseeable transport costs hinder care seeking in pregnancy complications. Our findings suggest that innovative birth preparedness and transport interventions that involve men, as well as the extension of antenatal care (ANC) services to men, can help overcome obstacles to improving maternal health at the community level.

引用

页码：419 / 439

页数：21

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