ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF MEN TOWARDS ACCOMPANING THEIR SPOUSES FOR ANTENATAL CARE AT KIUTH BUSHENYI DISTRICT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION: ..................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL: ............................................................................................................................ ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ iii

LIST OF TABLE .................................................................................................................... vi

LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................... vii

ABBREVIATIONS: .............................................................................................................. viii

DEFINITION OF TERMINOLOGIES ................................................................................. ix

ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................................x

CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................................1

1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................1

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY. ..................................................................................1

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT ................................................................................................3

1.3OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................3

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: ....................................................................................................3

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................3

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................................4

1.5 STUDY JUSTIFICATIONS ..............................................................................................4

1.6 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ..............................................................................4

CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................5

LITERATURE REVIEW .........................................................................................................5

2.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................5

2.2 MEN KNOWLEDGE ON SEEKING ANTENATAL CARE .............................................5

2.3 Men attitude toward accompanying their spouses for antenatal care. ..................................6

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2.3 Men practices and involvement towards accompanying their spouses for antenatal care. ....7

2.4 factors that influence men involvement in seeking ANC services with their spouses. .........8

2.4.1 Social and cultural factors ...............................................................................................8

2.4.2 Economic factors .......................................................................................................... 10

2.4.3 Health services factors .................................................................................................. 10

CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................ 13

METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 13

3.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 13

3.1 STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................ 13

3.2 STUDY POPULATION .................................................................................................. 13

3.3 STUDY DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 13

3.4 SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION ............................................................................... 13

3.5 SAMPLING METHODS ................................................................................................. 14

3.6 INCLUSION CRITERIA ................................................................................................. 14

3.7 DATA COLLECTION METHODS ................................................................................. 14

3.8 DATA ANALYSIS METHODS ...................................................................................... 14

3.9DATA QUALITY CONTROL ................................................... 14

3.10 DATA PRESENTATION METHODS ................................. 15

3.11 STUDY LIMITATIONS .................................................... 15

CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS ................................................ 16

4.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................. 16

4.1 Bio demographic data .............................................. 16

4.2 knowledge, attitude and practices o me towards accompanying their women for ANC services.................................................................. 18

4.3 Other factors that influence men involvement in ANC services ........................................ 21

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