Assessment of Male Partner’s Involvement in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Associated Factors Among Males in PMTCT Services

摘要: Background: Maintaining an adequate and safe Prevention Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV services male partner’s involvement in PMTCT are issue concern to local health planner especially with increase population size the number medical facilities. Objectives: To describes whether methodological issues such as sample Characteristics, Outcome measures, mechanisms causing change outcome measures could explain some inconsistent findings evident on. Methods: This review bases peer reviewed journal articles on “Assessment Male Associated Factors among Males services.” which published between Sep, 2009 February, 2015. Key words “Male partner”, “PMTCT”, involvement”, “ANC”, “MTCT”, “HIV” were used search from different websites. A total 106 obtained. Then titles, summary or abstract, whole body each checked for their relevance be included analyses. Finally, a 19 found eligible In this regards, we searched databases MEDLINE, Pub Med. Elsevier, Google, BMC, PMC, Psych Info Engines. Result: From identified studies, met inclusion criteria. The majority studies 7 (37. 1%) determinants partners’ maternal child activities, focusing specifically prevention transmission (PMTCT) Africa. Most 6 (31. 6%) selected minimum 100 (20%) participants However, five (26. 3%) maximum sampled 500 participants. study result sought generalize mentioned by identifying wide variety associated factors Conclusion: Many challenges (1) enhance participation process, adherence rate mothers towards care support was fair, highlight programs, partner ANC/PMTCT is low. well-accepted has important positive outcomes several discipline.