• Husband’s Involvement In Ante-natal Care

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    • This study investigated men involvement in ante-natal care using Ikeja bag Local Government as a study. It was designed to establish the impact of min in ante-natal related issues and its corresponding effect on infant development. Relevant literature and theories related to this study were used
      Both primary and secondary data were used. The primary data include a well structured questionnaire of 200 administered to respondents in Ikeja Local Government in Lagos State through stratified and accidental sampling techniques, 174 returned while 15 rejected and their responses analyzed through descriptive and non parametric statistics.
      Finding revealed that men’s involvement indicated the importance of ante-natal care and post-natal care as it play a tremendous role in the sustainability of child development, socialization process and marital harmony. It was ascertained that ante-natal care is a signpost of the development of a child, marital bless and family harmony.
      It was recommended that men should underlisted that no woman carries a pregnancy in the first instance without the input the “supplying the ingredients” that facilitates the pregnancy process. Therefore, it is highly recommended and post-natal stages to give the women a sense of care and being loved.
      Moreover, the birth of an infact in insignificant without the active support of parents in primary socialization process. This therefore call on the men to help model the child behavour. Starting from pre-birth stages (ante-natal) to post birth state (post-natal) and stop hiding under the guise of their job as this affects the family structure and society at large.

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    • CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY          The ability to provide special care for women during pregnancy trough social or public health care or services was a relatively late development in modern obstetrics. In the contemporary medical sociology, there’s a clamour for increasing recognition of men’s attitudes and behaviours to their partner’s pregnancy to influence the outcome of pregnancy and the couple’s risk of HIV/STDC ... Continue reading---