TY - JOUR
T1 - "What Will I Be Doing There Among So Many Women?"
T2 - Perceptions on Male Support in Prevention of Mother to Child Services in Lilongwe, Malawi
AU - Nkhoma, Nicola
AU - Nyondo-Mipando, Linda Alinane
AU - Makanjee, Chandra
AU - Myburgh, Nellie Dominica
AU - Nyasulu, Peter Suwirakwenda
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The “Pause & Play” project was supported by Award Number U54MD008602 for the Gulf States Collaborative Center for Health Policy Research (Gulf States-HPC) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health. AES was supported in part by 1 U54 GM104940 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, which funds the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center. CKM is supported in part by the NORC Center Grant P30DK072476 entitled “Nutrition and Metabolic Health Through the Lifespan” sponsored by NIDDK. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Participation of males in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs remains a challenge despite the implementation of guidelines. The study aimed at exploring male involvement in the PMTCT program at a primary health facility in Lilongwe, Malawi. Focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews were used to collect data from health care workers, men, and women who were attending PMTCT services. Snowball sampling was used to recruit participants who were purposively identified. Alcohol consumption, pressure from work places, stigma, role conflict, denial or nondisclosure of HIV status among women, and lack of awareness were among factors found to hinder male participation in PMTCT services. Therefore, to have an effective PMTCT program, male involvement is needed as this could positively influence the delivery of interventions including antiretroviral treatment among HIV-infected pregnant women. As such, health education awareness campaigns emphasizing the value of men in PMTCT services should be reinforced.
AB - Participation of males in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs remains a challenge despite the implementation of guidelines. The study aimed at exploring male involvement in the PMTCT program at a primary health facility in Lilongwe, Malawi. Focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews were used to collect data from health care workers, men, and women who were attending PMTCT services. Snowball sampling was used to recruit participants who were purposively identified. Alcohol consumption, pressure from work places, stigma, role conflict, denial or nondisclosure of HIV status among women, and lack of awareness were among factors found to hinder male participation in PMTCT services. Therefore, to have an effective PMTCT program, male involvement is needed as this could positively influence the delivery of interventions including antiretroviral treatment among HIV-infected pregnant women. As such, health education awareness campaigns emphasizing the value of men in PMTCT services should be reinforced.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85078298675
U2 - 10.1177/2333794X19865442
DO - 10.1177/2333794X19865442
M3 - Article
C2 - 31384631
SN - 2333-794X
VL - 6
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Global pediatric health
JF - Global pediatric health
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being