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dc.contributor.authorMassae, Agnes F.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T16:35:20Z
dc.date.available2014-06-20T16:35:20Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMasae, A. F. (2013). Male partner willingness to participate in couple HIV counselling and testing for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Dodoma-Tanzania. Unpublished master's thesis, Makerere University, Ugandaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/2942
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training in partial fulfilment for the award of Masters of Nursing in Midwifery and women health Degree of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is a serious problem in both developing and developed countries regardless of the availability of PMTCT program. Couple HIV Counseling and Testing as a method of primary prevention has been shown to increase the uptake of PMTCT interventions by women. Nevertheless participation of the male in the antenatal clinics where CHCT for PMTCT program is available is low. Objective: To examine male partner willingness to participate in couple HIV counseling and testing for PMTCT during antenatal care visits Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in four streets in Dodoma-Tanzania. A total of 190 males aged ≥ 20 years with the sexual partner of reproductive age 15-49 years who had delivered within the last 24 months were interviewed. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 whereby univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis was done. Results: Large proportions of the male partners were willing to participate in CHCT in ANC 172 (90.5%). However, significant proportions (61.1%) of the participants had never been tested for HIV during the ANC couple testing. Hierarchical multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that subjective norms (AOR=11.41; 95%CI, 2.07-62.83; p=0.005) and perceived barriers (AOR=3.81; 95%CI, 1.01-14.37; p=0.049) were significant factors for willingness toward using CHCT services. Socio-demographic variables, PMTCT knowledge, past CHCT and behavioral attitude were not statistically significant with male willingness to screen for HIV. Thus men were willing to test for HIV as a couple in ANC if they perceived more social support, but also if they anticipated less barriers from testing Conclusion: The study revealed that male willingness to participate in CHCT was based on subjective norms and perceived barriers. Efforts to focus on community based interventions rather than individual would change the current norms toward testing in order to strengthen willingness and final improve the HIV testing behavior as couples among men.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNorad’s Program for Master Studies (NOMA)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectMale Partneren_US
dc.subjectHIV counsellingen_US
dc.subjectPMTCTen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleMale partner willingness to participate in couple HIV counselling and testing for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Dodoma-Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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