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Husband’s Involvement In Ante-natal Care
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1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
At the end of this research work, the following questions would have been answered.
(1) What is the rational behind ante-natal care?
(2) Do men reconsider ante-natal care as their responsibility?
(3) What are the health and social implication for (if any) of men involvement in ante-natal care?
(4) What measure could be adopted to get men involved in ante-natal care?
(5) What factors preventing men from getting involved in ante-natal care?
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study will be limited to Ikeja Local Government in Lagos State where a
cross section in ante-natal men will be sample on their involvement
researcher that the outcome of this study will be a representation of
other state in the country.
1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITON OF TERMS
Some
concepts are explained to make the work accessible to those whoa re not
necessary health practitioners’ scholars in medical sociology.
ANTE-NATAL: the provision of special care for women during pregnancy to facilitate safe and easy delivery.
POST-NATAL: The provision of special care of women after women after delivery to monitor the baby’s health.
OBSTETRCS
9from the Latin word obstare, “to stand by†is the surgical specialty
dealing with the care of women and her offspring during pregnancy,
children and the pureperium (the period shortly after birth) most
obstetricians are also gynecologist.
ANTE-NATAL DEPRESSION: Is depression that some women feel while they are pregnant.
EMBRYO: concepts between times of fertilization to 10 weeks of gestation.
FETUS: from 10 weeks of gestation to time of birth
INFANT: time of birth to 1 year of age
GESTATIONAL AGE: time from last menstrual period (LMP) up to present
FIRST TRIMESTER: Up to 14 weeks of gestation
SECOND TRIMESTER: 14 to 28 weeks of gestation
THIRD TRIMESTER: 2 weeks to delivery.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 usedBoth 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 accid ... Continue reading---
