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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2024

Husband's involvement in utilization of maternal health services by their spouse in district Rohtak, Haryana.

Vinod Chayal, Vidya Sagar, Ramesh Verma, Meenakshi Kalhan, Ginni Agrawal, Shravan K Sasidharan, Jitesh Satija, Annpurna Jangra, Priya Punyani, Himani Arora and 3 more

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Vinod ChayalDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Vidya SagarDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Ramesh VermaDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Meenakshi KalhanDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Ginni AgrawalDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Shravan K SasidharanDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Jitesh SatijaDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Annpurna JangraDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Priya PunyaniDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Himani AroraDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Yogender SinghDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Divya SharmaDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Achchhesh SingmarDepartment of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

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Introduction: Husband and wife as a couple are fully responsible for their current and future. In our society, the husband is mostly responsible for making the decision regarding any expenses. In India, there is a need to reduce the maternal mortality rate, and Husband's involvement in antenatal care could be a key to success as it will enable them to support their partner in adequate preparation for birth and to utilize emergency obstetric care early if complications arise. Aim and Objectives: To find out about male involvement in the utilization of maternal healthcare services by their spouse and various factors affecting male involvement in the utilization of maternal healthcare services. Methods: This study was conducted in urban and rural field practice areas attached to the Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak. The study included 400 couples where 200 each were recruited from rural and urban areas. Out of 17 subcenters under CHC Chiri eight, subcenters were selected randomly by lottery method. A line list of these couples was prepared at each subcenter using ANC and birth register. Couples were enrolled from this line list till a sample size of 25 was reached at each of these eight subcenters. In this way, a total of 200 couples were enrolled from rural areas in which women delivered and availed maternal health services in the last 6 months. In urban areas, an equal number of couples were enrolled from each of these three urban health posts till the sample size of 200 was reached in an urban area. Results: The majority of the husbands (73%) reported that they participated in their wives' utilization of maternal health services. Twenty-seven percent did not participate in their wives' utilization of maternal health services. It also showed that 71.0% of the husbands did not know about the investigations that needed to be performed during a woman's pregnancy. Only 29% were aware of it. On analysis, it was observed that 73% of the husbands had good participation in their spouses' maternal and child health (MCH) care, while the rest had poor participation (27%). It also showed that as the education level of the participants' husbands increased, their participation in their spouses' MCH care increased, with the highest being observed among graduates (91.3%) and the lowest among those with primary schooling level education (66.7%) which were statistically significant.

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Male involvementmaternal and child healthutilization of services

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PMCPMC11254083

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