2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3)

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2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3)

• Mens Involvement in Maternal Health Care

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Topics Covered

• Male participation in ANC
• Information men received from health workers
• Reasons cited by men for no ANC and no
  institutional delivery
• Summary of key findings

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Importance of male involvement

• RCH Programme envisages the involvement of men in
  womens reproductive health
• Health workers are supposed to provide expectant
  fathers with information on maternal and child
  health care and family planning

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Antenatal Care by Residence
Percent of men with a child under 3 years who
reported that the mother received antenatal care
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Mens Presence during ANC Is Higher in Urban Areas
Percent of men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
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Mens Presence during ANC by Children Ever Born
Percent of men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
Number of children ever born
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Mens Presence during ANC Increases with Education
Percent among men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
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Percentage of Men with a Child under Age 3 Years
Informed about Pregnancy Complications
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Percentage of Men Told What To Do in Case of
Pregnancy Complications
Percent among men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
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Percentage of Men Told What To Do in Case of
Complications by Education
Percent among men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
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Percentage of Men Informed about What To Do in
Case of Complications by Children Ever Born
Percent among men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
Number of children ever born
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Percentage of Men with a Child Age under 3 Years
Given Various Types of Information
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Percentage of Men Informed about Importance of
Delivery in a Health Facility by State
Percent among men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
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Percent among men age 15-49 with a child under 3
years
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Main Reasons for Not Having ANC
Percent of men with a child under 3 years and the
childs mother did not get ANC
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Reason for Not Delivering in a Health Facility
Percent of men with a child under 3 years and the
childs mother did not have an institutional
delivery
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Key Findings

• Two-thirds of men with a child under age 3
  reported that the mother received antenatal care
• Half of men with a child under 3 were present for
  at least one of the mothers antenatal care
  visits
• Slightly more than one-third of men were informed
  what do to in case of pregnancy complications
• Half of men were informed about proper nutrition,
  and about 2 in 5 men were informed about the
  importance of delivery in a health facility and
  family planning

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Key Findings

• Men in the South and in Gujarat, Punjab, Delhi,
  Sikkim, and Mizoram are more likely to be
  informed about the importance of delivery at a
  health facility
• Main reason men with a child under three years
  give for their childs mother not getting ANC is
  that it is not necessary or they do not allow it
• Main reason men with a child under 3 years for
  their childs mother not delivering in a health
  facility is that it is not customary

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Conclusions

• Mens participation in maternal health care needs
  to be strengthened
• The information provided to men who participate
  in ANC visits is inadequate and needs to be more
  comprehensive

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• Thank you

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