Male Partner Involvement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS at Hoima Refferal Hospital in Hoima Municipality

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION...................................................................................................................................................I

DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................................................II

APPROVAL ......................................................................................................................................................III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.................................................................................................................................... IV

TABLE OF CONTENT ........................................................................................................................................ V

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................. VII

LIST OF ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................... VIII

OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................................... IX

ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................................... X

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

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

1.1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................................1

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT...............................................................................................................................2

1.3CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK.......................................................................................................................4

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.........................................................................................................................5

1.4 .1 BROAD OBJECTIVE..................................................................................................................................5

1.4.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES...............................................................................................................................5

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................5

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY.................................................................................................................................6

1.6.1 GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE............................................................................................................................6

1.6.2 CONTENT SCOPE .....................................................................................................................................6

1.6.3 TIME SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................6

1.7 JUSTIFICATION ...........................................................................................................................................6

CHAPTER TWO.................................................................................................................................................7

LITERATURE REVIEW........................................................................................................................................7

2.0 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................7

2.1.0KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN PMTCT............................................7

2.1.1 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MTCT AND PMTCT.................................................................................................7

2.1.2 FACTOR THAT INFLUENCE ATTITUDE TOWARD PMTCT ...........................................................................9

2.2.0LEVEL OF MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN PMT CT THROUGH HCT.....................................................11

2.2.1 HEALTH SYSTEMSVERSUS MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN THE PMTCT ............................................11

2.3FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN HCT DURING PMTCT..............................12

CHAPTER THREE.............................................................................................................................................14

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METHODOLOGY.............................................................................................................................................14

3.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................14

3.1 STUDY DESIGN .........................................................................................................................................14

3.2 STUDY AREA.............................................................................................................................................14

3.3 STUDY POPULATION ................................................................................................................................15

3.4 SAMPLING PROCEDURE ...........................................................................................................................15

3.5 SAMPLING SIZE ........................................................................................................................................15

3.6 DEFINITION OF VARIABLES.......................................................................................................................16

3.7 DATA COLLECTION ...................................................................................................................................16

3.7.1 RESEARCH INSTRUMENT ......................................................................................................................16

3.7.2 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE .........................................................................................................16

3.7.3 QUALITY DATA CONTROL ......................................................................................................................16

3.7.4 DATA MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................................16

3.7.5 DATA ANALYSIS....................................................................................................................................17

3.8 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................................................................................17

3.9 SELECTION CRITERIA ................................................................................................................................17

3.10 DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS .................................................................................................................18

CHAPTER FOUR..............................................................................................................................................20

4.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................20

4.2 RESPONDENT’S SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA .........................................................................................20

4.3 KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MALE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN PMTCT............................................23

4.4.LEVEL OF MALE INVOLVEMENT IN PMTCT THROUGH HCT .......................................................................24

4.5 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALEPARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN HCT DURING PMTCT..............................26

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................................................................................27

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMENDATION.....................................................................................27

5.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................27

5.1 DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................................................28

5.2 CONCLUSIONS FOR THE PMTCT PROGRAM..............................................................................................31

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................................31

APPEDIX ;II QUESTINARES..............................................................................................................................37

1.0 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION................................................................................................................37

APPENDIX :III MAP SHOWING HOIMA REGION..............................................................................................41

APPENDIX: IV MAP OF UGANDA SHOWING HOIMA DISTRICT...................................................................42