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An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Globally, low involvement of men in maternal health care services remains a problem to health care providers and policy makers. Men’s support is essential for making women’s world better. There are increasing debates among policymakers and researchers on the role of men in maternal healt...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28629332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1385-6 |
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author | Lwanga, H. Atuyambe, L. Sempewo, H. Lumala, A. Byaruhanga, R. N. B. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Globally, low involvement of men in maternal health care services remains a problem to health care providers and policy makers. Men’s support is essential for making women’s world better. There are increasing debates among policymakers and researchers on the role of men in maternal health programs, which is a challenge in patriarchal societies like Uganda. The aim of the study was to assess companionship during delivery; men’s perception and experiences during pregnancy and delivery. METHODS: This was a descriptive exploratory study using a qualitative approach. This study involved 16 male participants who were present in the labor room during the delivery of their child. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were the main data collection methods used in the study. Purposive sampling was used to select participants who share particular characteristics with the potential of providing rich, relevant, and diverse data. The interviews were tape-recorded with the permission of the participants; in addition, the interviewer took notes. Each interview lasted between 30 and 45 min. The transcripts were entered into ATLAS.ti for analysis. Manifest content analysis was used. RESULTS: The major themes were; feelings about attending child birth, responsibilities during child birth, positive experiences and negative experiences about child birth. Men are willing to participate in child birth and should be encouraged as many are the decision makers in the family. Admission of men into the delivery room, improves family togetherness. The women felt loved and treasured. The men reported bondage to their partners and new born. CONCLUSIONS: Men’s involvement in the child birth process was associated with a more perceived bondage with the partner and the newborn. Their presence helped to promote a calm and successful child birth process. Hospitals should work on measures encouraging male involvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-54773422017-06-23 An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda Lwanga, H. Atuyambe, L. Sempewo, H. Lumala, A. Byaruhanga, R. N. B. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research Article BACKGROUND: Globally, low involvement of men in maternal health care services remains a problem to health care providers and policy makers. Men’s support is essential for making women’s world better. There are increasing debates among policymakers and researchers on the role of men in maternal health programs, which is a challenge in patriarchal societies like Uganda. The aim of the study was to assess companionship during delivery; men’s perception and experiences during pregnancy and delivery. METHODS: This was a descriptive exploratory study using a qualitative approach. This study involved 16 male participants who were present in the labor room during the delivery of their child. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were the main data collection methods used in the study. Purposive sampling was used to select participants who share particular characteristics with the potential of providing rich, relevant, and diverse data. The interviews were tape-recorded with the permission of the participants; in addition, the interviewer took notes. Each interview lasted between 30 and 45 min. The transcripts were entered into ATLAS.ti for analysis. Manifest content analysis was used. RESULTS: The major themes were; feelings about attending child birth, responsibilities during child birth, positive experiences and negative experiences about child birth. Men are willing to participate in child birth and should be encouraged as many are the decision makers in the family. Admission of men into the delivery room, improves family togetherness. The women felt loved and treasured. The men reported bondage to their partners and new born. CONCLUSIONS: Men’s involvement in the child birth process was associated with a more perceived bondage with the partner and the newborn. Their presence helped to promote a calm and successful child birth process. Hospitals should work on measures encouraging male involvement. BioMed Central 2017-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5477342/ /pubmed/28629332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1385-6 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lwanga, H. Atuyambe, L. Sempewo, H. Lumala, A. Byaruhanga, R. N. B. An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda |
title | An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda |
title_full | An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda |
title_fullStr | An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda |
title_full_unstemmed | An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda |
title_short | An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda |
title_sort | exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in uganda |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28629332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1385-6 |
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