Women’s Empowerment and Male Involvement in Antenatal Care: Analyses of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Selected African Countries

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Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Larissa; Na, Muzi; Cherewick, Megan; Hindin, Michelle; Mullany, Britta; & Ahmed, Saifuddin (2014). Women’s Empowerment and Male Involvement in Antenatal Care: Analyses of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Selected African Countries. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(1), 297. PMCID: PMC4161883

Abstract

Increasing women’s status and male involvement are important strategies in reducing preventable maternal morbidity and mortality. While efforts to both empower women and engage men in maternal health care-seeking can work synergistically, in practice they may result in opposing processes and outcomes. This study examines whether a woman’s empowerment status, in sum and across economic, socio-familial, and legal dimensions, is associated with male partner accompaniment to antenatal care (ANC).

URL

https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-297

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2014

Journal Title

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Author(s)

Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Larissa
Na, Muzi
Cherewick, Megan
Hindin, Michelle
Mullany, Britta
Ahmed, Saifuddin

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC4161883

Data Set/Study

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

Continent/Country

Nonspecific

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