Men in Maternity Health (MiM) in Myanmar

Chulalongkorn University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Institutional Delivery; Myanmar; Maternal Health Care; Male Partner; Men in Maternity Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Men in Maternity Health (MiM) Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06451653

CUCPHS-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

World Health Organization integrated husband involvement into reproductive health programs to carry out safe motherhood successfully and therefore it has been encouraged as a new strategy to improve maternal health since 2000. In Myanmar, maternal health intervention and education programs for safe motherhood are progressing but maternal mortality is still high. Even though sufficient evidences prove that husband can influence maternal health care service utilization during pregnancy and there by positively impact obstetric emergency, few interventions have focused on husband directly to involve and also effectiveness of husband involvement intervention on birth preparedness and complication readiness for safe motherhood are still limited in Myanmar. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore the effectiveness of the men in maternity health (MiM) intervention on male involvement in maternal health care, including its impact on knowledge about maternal health related issues, attitudes towards maternal health care and birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) practices and improving institutional delivery rates for safe motherhood.

Enrollment: 198 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

For Men in Maternity health (MiM) Intervention; male partners who

• Aged ≥ 18 years
• Partners' pregnancies are ≤16 weeks gestational age
• Partners are pregnant for the first time (Gravida 1)
• Currently live with their female partners
• Have been living in the study area for at least 1 year

For quantitative and qualitative assessment:

• Male partners who participated in the MiM intervention and their female partners
• Maternal health stakeholders who oversee MiM implementation and maternal health care providers in the intervention township

Exclusion criteria

For Men in Maternity Health (MiM) Intervention, male partners who

• Are severely ill and cannot communicate
• Do not give consent

For quantitative and qualitative assessment:

• Feel uncomfortable to participate in this study
• Do not give consent
• Are severely ill and cannot communicate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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198 participants in 2 patient groups

Men in Maternity Health (MiM) Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The men in maternity health (MiM) education program provided male partners of pregnant women with comprehensive education on maternal health, covering topics such as pregnancy complications, obstetric danger signs, maternal health care (including antenatal, delivery, and postnatal care), the benefits of birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR), and safe delivery practices. Invitation letters were sent to male partners by public health supervisors every first and third week to encourage participation in the MiM program's activities, while maternal health education sessions were conducted every second and fourth week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Men in Maternity Health (MiM) Intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Male partners in the control group can only receive routine maternal health education if they accompany their female partners to antenatal care services at health facilities.