Men’s Knowledge, attitude and practice of maternal health in rural area of Bangladesh: A case study of Kulla village

Abstract

Men remain an authority in all the aspects of reproductive health from policy making to the grass root level. Present study was conducted to determine the consciousness and contribution of men in maternal health care and to assess their attitude towards their partners. The status of men’s knowledge of and awareness to maternal health care are largely unknown in rural area of Bangladesh and the effect of community focused interventions in improving men’s knowledge is largely unexplored. This study detects the extent of men’s knowledge and consciousness on maternal, neonatal and child health issues between intervention and control groups The qualitative and quantitative methods of questionnaire survey will be used for collecting and analyzing data in this study where Kulla village of Dhamrai Upazila is selected purposively as a case study area for Men’s Knowledge, attitude and practice of maternal health in rural area of Bangladesh. The study shows that most of the men are careless about maternal health and most of them have no idea about some significant matter of maternity. The traditional belief about maternity is still remaining in most of the men which can affect a child and women during pregnancy. The study also reveals that Married men are more knowledgeable than bachelors.