Partner involvement in perinatal care and PMTCT services in Mbeya Region, Tanzania: the providers' perspective

• Published in: AIDS care Vol. 22; no. 12; pp. 1562 - 1568
• Main Authors: Theuring, Stefanie, Nchimbi, Philo, Jordan-Harder, Brigitte, Harms, Gundel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.2010; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS; AIDS/HIV; Antenatal care; Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitudes; Biological and medical sciences; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Effectiveness; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gynecology and obstetrics; Health care; Health services; Health staff related problems. Vocational training; Health status; HIV; HIV Infections - psychology; HIV Infections - transmission; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control; Interviews; Male; male involvement; Maternal & child health; Medical sciences; Men; Middle Aged; partner involvement; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology; Perinatal Care; PMTCT; Practice Guidelines as Topic; provider's attitudes; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Questionnaires; Reproductive health; Selfassessment; Sex Factors; Sexual health; Sexual Partners - psychology; Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tanzania; Young Adult; Africa; Tanzania; Human; Social environment; Immunopathology; provider's attitudes; PMTCT; Attitude; Health staff; Mental health; Tanzania; Perinatal; AIDS; Health service; Immune deficiency; partner involvement; Infection; Prevention; Spouse; Viral disease; male involvement; Young adult; Adult; Public health

Partner involvement is considered to increase the effectiveness of female-oriented services for sexual and reproductive health (SRH), like those for antenatal care (ANC) or the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). However, male participation rates remain mostly low, and previou...