Barriers to Male Partner Involvement During Labour and Delivery in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and Teklehaymanot Health Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2023 GC-Client’s and Midwives’ Perspective: A qualitative study

Abstract

Despite initiatives to encourage male partners' participation in childbirth, Male partners rarely involveduring childbirth in low and middle-income nationsincluding Ethiopia.And almost all qualitative studies in Ethiopia examined the barriers to male partner involvement from the perspective of male partners and health workers. while women's barriers to male partner involvementwere left unexplored.