TAILIEUCHUNG - Men’s knowledge and awareness of maternal, neonatal and child health care in rural Bangladesh: a comparative cross sectional study

Oral lesions were found in 61 () cases. Sites involved were inner aspect of the lips, gums, buccal mucosa, tongue and the hard palate. Small aphthous like lesions measuring 1 to 3 mm were the usual mucosal presentation. Most common systemic symptoms (Table II) were fever and anorexia. History of mild fever either preceding to or simultaneously with the eruption was present in 58 () cases. Fever appeared on the same day in 70% cases and 1 day before onset of rash in 30% cases. Fever persisted for 1 to 2 days following onset. Sore throat was a symptom during. | Nasreen et al. Reproductive Health 2012 9 18 http content 9 1 18 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Men s knowledge and awareness of maternal neonatal and child health care in rural Bangladesh a comparative cross sectional study Hashima E Nasreen1 Margaret Leppard2 Mahfuz Al Mamun1 Masuma Billah1 Sabuj Kanti Mistry1 Mosiur Rahman3 and Peter Nicholls4 Abstract Background The status of men s knowledge of and awareness to maternal neonatal and child health care are largely unknown in Bangladesh and the effect of community focused interventions in improving men s knowledge is largely unexplored. This study identifies the extent of men s knowledge and awareness on maternal neonatal and child health issues between intervention and control groups. Methods This cross sectional comparative study was carried out in six rural districts of Bangladesh in 2008. BRAC health programme operates improving maternal neonatal and child survival intervention in four of the abovementioned six districts. The intervention comprises a number of components including improving awareness of family planning identification of pregnancy providing antenatal delivery and postnatal care newborn care under-5 child healthcare referral of complications and improving clinical management in health facilities. In addition communities are empowered through social mobilization and advocacy on best practices in maternal neonatal and child health. Three groups were identified intervention 2 years exposure transitional 6 months exposure and control. Data were collected by interviewing 7 200 men using a structured questionnaire. Results Men prefer to gather in informal sites to interact socially. Overall men s knowledge on maternal care was higher in intervention than control groups for example advice on tetanus injection should be given during antenatal care intervention 50 control 7 . There were low levels of knowledge about birth preparedness buying delivery kit 18 .

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