Husbands' knowledge and involvement in their partners' reproductive rights and associated factors among currently married men in Liban Jawi district west shoa zone central Ethiopia 2022

Abstract

Background: Reproductive rights violations are a major public health concern, and the burden is twofold in developing nations. Understanding levels of husbands‘knowledge and involvement in their partners‘ reproductive rights is necessary for developing effective intervention programs. Although some research on women's reproductive rights have been documented so far, the majority of those studies are done in higher education and are focused on a single component. Objective: To assess knowledge and involvement of husbands in their partners‘ reproductive rights and associated factors among currently married men in Liban Jawi district West Shoa Central Ethiopia, 2022. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design supplemented with a qualitative method was employed from 11/9/2022 to11/10/2022 among 411 husbands for quantitative study and 8 key informants for qualitative. Multistage sampling techniques for quantitative and purposive sampling technique for qualitative study were employed. Interviewer-administered data collection techniques were used to collect the data. Epi data version 3.1 and SPSS version 20 were used for quantitative data entry and analysis respectively. Result: In this study, 49.1 %( 95% CI: 44%, 54%) and 36.5 %( 95% CI: 32%, 41%) of husbands have good knowledge and good involvement in their partners reproductive rights. Love marriage type(AOR:2.2;95% CI:1.32,3.51),≥5066 average monthly income (AOR:2.09; 95% CL:1.25,3.49), couples discussion on reproductive health topics(AOR:8.47; 95%:5.01,14.30) and taking<30 minutes to reach the nearest health institution(AOR:2.01: 95%CI:1.25,3.23) were factors associated with husbands‘knowledge.Whereas sources of reproductive health information: Television(AOR:3.75;95% CI:1.61,8.73) and more than one sources of information reproductive health (AOR:2.79;95%CI:1.46,5.34), Couples discussion on reproductive health (AOR:5.09;95%CI:2.64,9.80) good husbands‘ knowledge about reproductive rights(AOR:2.90; 95% CI:1.69,4.94) and favorable husbands‘ attitude toward women‘s reproductive rights (AOR :2.13;95% CI:1.30,3.50) were factors associated with husbands‘ involvement. Lacks of knowledge, negative attitudes, and cultural issues are barriers for low husbands‘ involvement. Conclusion and recommendation: The overall husbands‘ knowledge and involvement in their partners‘ reproductive rights were low.Health education and promoting media utilization are important to improve husbands‘ knowledge and involvement level.