Maternal health outcomes and male partner involvement among HIV infected women in rural South Africa

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dc.date.accessioned 2023-05-29T13:07:35Z
dc.date.available 2023-05-29T13:07:35Z
dc.date.issued 2021-12-15 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19292
dc.description.abstract This study aimed to investigate the association between Male Partner Involvement (MPI) and maternal health outcomes among women attending Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services in rural South Africa. The association between Male Partner Participation in the main study (MPP) and maternal health outcomes among these women was also investigated. The study utilized data collected from 535 HIV infected women in a randomized controlled trial between 2015 and 2016. Maternal health outcome data (delivery mode, pregnancy systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pregnancy body mass index, pregnancy CD4 count, and pregnancy viral load) were collected from the women's antenatal record forms accessed from the primary healthcare facilities. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between socio-demographic characteristics of the women, MPI, and MPP with maternal health outcomes. The mean age of the women was 29.03 years (SD = 5.89). No significant associations were found between MPI and any of the maternal health outcomes contrary to what was hypothesized. Both the bivariate and multivariate analysis indicated a significant association between MPP and higher pregnancy viral load, contrary to the study hypothesis. Insignificant associations were found between MPP and both pregnancy CD4 count and pregnancy blood pressure. The only significant association between maternal health outcomes and socio-demographic characteristics, was between educational attainment and higher pregnancy CD4 count in both the bivariate and multivariate analysis. The study showed no significant support for MPI in improving maternal health outcomes of women in PMTCT in rural South Africa. Future studies should include additional maternal health outcomes for investigation. en
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dc.title Maternal health outcomes and male partner involvement among HIV infected women in rural South Africa en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 25 en
dc.BudgetYear 2021/22 en
dc.ResearchGroup Human and Social Capabilities en
dc.SourceTitle Maternal and Child Health Journal en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9812228 en
dc.URL http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=25410 en
dc.PageNumber 919-928 en
dc.outputnumber 13735 en
dc.bibliographictitle Matseke, M.G., Ruiter, R.A.C, Rodriguez, V.J., Peltzer, K. & Sifunda, S. (2021) Maternal health outcomes and male partner involvement among HIV infected women in rural South Africa. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 25:919-928. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19292 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19292 en
dc.publicationyear 2021 en
dc.contributor.author1 Matseke, M.G. en
dc.contributor.author2 Ruiter, R.A.C en
dc.contributor.author3 Rodriguez, V.J. en
dc.contributor.author4 Peltzer, K. en
dc.contributor.author5 Sifunda, S. en


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