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Male involvement in maternal health: perspectives of opinion leaders

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2018
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Title
Male involvement in maternal health: perspectives of opinion leaders
Published in
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12884-017-1641-9
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Raymond A. Aborigo, Daniel D. Reidpath, Abraham R. Oduro, Pascale Allotey

Abstract

Twenty years after acknowledging the importance of joint responsibilities and male participation in maternal health programs, most health care systems in low income countries continue to face challenges in involving men. We explored the reasons for men's resistance to the adoption of a more proactive role in pregnancy care and their enduring influence in the decision making process during emergencies. Ten focus group discussions were held with opinion leaders (chiefs, elders, assemblymen, leaders of women groups) and 16 in-depth interviews were conducted with healthcare workers (District Directors of Health, Medical Assistants in-charge of health centres, and district Public Health Nurses and Midwives). The interviews and discussions were audio recorded, transcribed into English and imported into NVivo 10 for content analysis. As heads of the family, men control resources, consult soothsayers to determine the health seeking or treatment for pregnant women, and serve as the final authority on where and when pregnant women should seek medical care. Beyond that, they have no expectation of any further role during antenatal care and therefore find it unnecessary to attend clinics with their partners. There were conflicting views about whether men needed to provide any extra support to their pregnant partners within the home. Health workers generally agreed that men provided little or no support to their partners. Although health workers had facilitated the formation of father support groups, there was little evidence of any impact on antenatal support. In patriarchal settings, the role of men can be complex and social and cultural traditions may conflict with public health recommendations. Initiatives to promote male involvement should focus on young men and use chiefs and opinion leaders as advocates to re-orient men towards more proactive involvement in ensuring the health of their partners.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 473 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 78 16%
Student > Bachelor 56 12%
Researcher 38 8%
Student > Postgraduate 25 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 24 5%
Other 71 15%
Unknown 181 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 124 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 51 11%
Social Sciences 41 9%
Psychology 15 3%
Computer Science 7 1%
Other 40 8%
Unknown 195 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 April 2022.
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#5,810,825
of 23,342,092 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#1,497
of 4,294 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#113,934
of 443,975 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#47
of 90 outputs
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