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The study focused on the male involvement in utilization of safe motherhood services of their spouses in Ilesa East Local Government, Osun state. It assessed the level of married men’s involvement in ante, intra and post-partum health care, the relationship between selected demographic factors and a review of identified barriers to safe motherhood services utilization. It also examined the barriers to male involvement in maternal health care in Ilesa East Local Government. A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed using a semi structured questionnaire to gather information from 500 married men with at least one child. A multi stage sampling procedure was employed. Data was collected using interviewer administered questionnaire. Analysis of data was done using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The results of the study revealed that about 85% of respondents were less than 55 years of age, majority of them (92.6%) were of Yoruba ethnicity and were predominantly Christian (74%). About 40% of them had tertiary education with over 60% in monogamous relationship. Majority (60.2%) have between 1 and 4 children with 65% of respondents having a last child less than 4 years of age. Also, 362 (72.4%) of respondents were well involved in Maternity care services, while 138 (27.6%) were partially involved; none of the respondents was not involved in maternity care services. Also, majority of respondents agree with the named role of men in safe motherhood services at the prenatal level. The highest proportion of agreement was with regards to “Ensuring that the pregnant mother gets proper antenatal care” (97.8%), while the lowest proportion was obtained with regards to “learning the symptoms of imminent delivery and of delivery complications” (66.2%). Most (93.2%) of the respondents support ensuring that their children receive all the needed immunization and 6.8% did not support it as the role of men. Furthermore, majority supported the role of men in family planning. In addition, 86.2% supported “Helping mothers to use modern methods correctly” while, 68.8% supported the role of men in “Preventing unintended or unwanted pregnancies”. The respondents supported factors identified as barriers to male involvement in maternity care services and were able to name: Financial constraint, Poor health of husband and Ignorance as factors hindering them from participation in maternal care. No statistically significant relationship was obtained between each of age, religion and ethnicity and level of involvement of men in maternal care. However the relationship between educational status and level of involvement in maternity care was statistically significant. Also, there was a significant relationship between number of wives and the level of involvement in maternal care among men. (P=0.001).

Utilization of Safe Motherhood Services, Effects of Male Involvement Study of Ilesa East Local Government, Osun State