Husbands’ Experience and Perception of support during labour and childbirth in Tanzania

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Abstract Background: A key strategy for reducing the number of women dying from delivery complications is birth preparedness and prevention of maternal complications such as haemorrhages and infections. Involving husbands who are decision makers in the house holds may play role in reducing maternal mortality which is still unacceptably high despite the targeted goal to reduce this mortality up to three quarters as targeted in the MDGs by 2015.This is still addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015/30 Methodology: Qualitative descriptive study design was employed; involving men aged between 24-63years. Participants under this study were selected purposefully at the clinic and in labour ward of SRRH. The in-depth interview, guided by semi structured interview guide was used to collect the audio recorded and hand written information. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis Results; Nine (9) semi-structured interviews conducted with husbands of women attended for antenatal care and those came for deliveries. Four themes emerged; Demonstrating love and affection, Men’s adoption with modern life style, Observing women’s right and Meeting social economic difficulties. Husbands’ support to their partners a good behavior practiced during matrimonial lives. Husbands who support their partners during pregnancy and delivery consider themselves as being modern men as they take home duties beside their usual tasks to let their partners rest during pregnancy. Men are constrained by poor infrastructures of roads that makes difficult with transport from home to the hospital especially when labour is imminent. Ward infrastructures are not supportive to men when they come with their partners. Conclusion and Recommendations; Men have a significant role in safe deliveries and in maternal health at large. Our health care settings should be made to accommodate men during the routine antenatal and prenatal care for the positive outcome of labour and delivery. More education to males is needed, either in groups or through media on the importance of male involvement in reproductive and child health issues. Further research is recommended to focus on exploring on how educations, urbanization and globalization variations affect male involvement in maternal and child health specifically in urban communities.

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