ArticleReproductive health2022
[Husbands' involvement in antenatal-related care in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana: inquiry into the facilitators and barriers].
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- Sociocultural Factors Shaping Fatherhood and Men's Participation in Antenatal Care in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Unravelling the nuances: A scoping review on fatherhood and men's participation in antenatal care in rural Sub-Saharan Africa.PloS one · 2025Article
- Relational contexts and men's responsibilities informing men's participation in antenatal care in rural sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Perceptions and satisfaction among couples on male involvement during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Conducting Community-Based Research in An African Immigrant Population: Lessons Learned.Ethnicity & disease · 2024Article
- Cultural barriers to male partners' involvement in antenatal care in Limpopo province.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Predictors of Late Antenatal Care Initiation: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study in Ghana.SAGE open nursingArticle
- "My Wife's Healthcare Is my Healthcare": A Qualitative Study Exploring Family-Centered Strategies to Enhance Cervical Cancer Prevention in Northern Ghana.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis paper explored the facilitators and barriers to husbands' involvement in antenatal-related care in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana from the perspectives of husbands, pregnant women with and without delivery experience, nursing mothers, midwives and traditional birth attendants.
methodsThe study relied on the qualitative research design to collect and analyse data on the facilitators and barriers to husbands' involvement in antenatal-related care. The unit of analysis was made up of 36 participants-husbands (14), pregnant women with delivery experience and, nursing mothers (8), pregnant women without delivery experience (6), male and female midwives (6) and traditional birth attendants (2) who were purposively selected. The study's data was gathered using in-depth interviews and analysed through the content approach.
resultsVarious economic [work and time constraint], cultural [the association of childbearing and its allied duties to women] and health-system factors [lack of antenatal services targeted at husbands and health professionals' attitude] hinder husbands' active participation in antenatal care. Despite these, some husbands participated in antenatal care owing to the importance they accord to the health and safety of their wives and the foetus; changing gender roles and preferential treatments received by their wives at antenatal clinics [as a result of the involvement of their husbands in prenatal care].
conclusionThe implementation of alternative strategies, like, couple counselling, prolonging operating times of health centres to accommodate working men are recommended to provide a more accommodative and attractive avenue for husbands to support their wives during pregnancy. These efforts must be reinforced by the entire society through modifying the "ill-held view" that pregnancy and childcare is the sole duty of a woman.
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