Husband's Health Research Articles

Islamic Law View on Protecting the Rights of Housewives at Risk of Contracting HIV/AIDS

This article examines the perspective of Islamic law regarding the protection of the rights of housewives at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS from their husbands. Although HIV/AIDS is not a new issue, its impact on families, especially housewives, remains an essential concern in legal and public health contexts. Within the framework of Islamic law, individual rights, including women's rights, are guaranteed and need protection. This research uses normative legal and sociological research methods with a case approach. The results show that Islamic law has a vital role in protecting the rights of housewives who are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS from their husbands. These rights include the right to know the husband's health status, the right to obtain protection, the right to refuse sexual relations, and the right to get a divorce. Islamic law places great responsibility on husbands to protect the health of their wives and families. Husbands are expected to maintain the welfare of their wives and families, including by taking preventive steps against the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Apart from that, Islamic law also emphasises the importance of fidelity in the husband-wife relationship. Husbands are expected to be faithful to their wives, which is also a preventive measure against the transmission of HIV/AIDS. If a husband fails to fulfil his responsibility to protect his wife from contracting HIV/AIDS, Islamic law gives the wife the right to seek protection, including through legal remedies such as requesting a fatwa from ulama or even filing a divorce petition. This research is expected to help increase public understanding of the rights of housewives at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, as well as encourage efforts to protect their rights.

The husband's mental health is affected by the wife's happiness, but not vice versa: a longitudinal observation.

The psychological states of wives and husbands are thought to influence each other to varying degrees. However, relatively little is known from a longitudinal observation about the effects of spouses' psychological distress and well-being on their mental health. To address this question, we analyzed the TWIN Study II dataset using a three-wave annual survey of the psychological distress and happiness of 379 dual-income families. A group-based trajectory modeling analysis was conducted to identify psychological distress patterns and happiness over time, while estimating the effects of spouses' psychological distress and happiness and their own job demands, control, and support as time-varying covariates. The two- or three-group trajectory model best fit husbands' and wives' psychological distress and happiness trajectories. Husbands' trajectories of psychological distress and happiness were significantly influenced by wives' happiness as well as their own job demands and/or support, whereas wives' happiness and psychological distress were not.

Prevalence and associated factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among pregnant women in Herat, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study.

Pregnancy is an important and natural event in a woman's life. It represents a time of substantial social and bio-psychological challenges for a pregnant woman that may increase vulnerability to emotional disturbances such as depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS). This study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of DAS among pregnant women in Herat city of Afghanistan. This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted between July and November 2019, on 691 Dari-speaking pregnant women aged 15-49 years, who attended the antenatal clinic of Herat Razaei Maternity Hospital. The interview process involved the use of a structured questionnaire that collected data on sociodemographic characteristics of participants, as well as the validated Dari-translated version of DASS-42 questionnaire. A χ 2test was used to test for association between categorical data. Forward likelihood ratio was used to assess the strength of association between sociodemographic variables and DAS; independently. The significance level was set to 0.05 and the confidence interval to 95% in all statistical analyses. Statistical analyses were performed in IBM SPSS Statistics (version 27). The mean age of participants was 26.17 ± 6.06. The overall prevalence of DAS among study participants were 42.8%, 40.0%, and 59.5%, respectively. Planning of current pregnancy, women's health, husband's health, women's nutrition, family support, husband's support, women's education, women's employment, and family economy were significantly associated with DAS,while gestational age was not significantly associated with DAS. The prevalence of DAS among pregnant women in Herat city of Afghanistan is very high. Considering scientific evidence on high prevalence and associated factors of DAS among pregnant women, policymakers, public health authorities, and medical practitioners must devote significant attention in reducing the magnitude of these mental disorders and/or reducing their impact on women, their families, and the society.

Unplanned Costs and Benefits: Gender and Spousal Spillover Effects of Retirement on Health.

Our study assesses how women and men's health indicators are shaped by their spouse's retirement. The retirement process can reshape the health of a retiree, but these effects can also extend onto the health of spouses. Although past research has largely focused on how men's retirement might negatively shape their wife's health outcomes, it is possible that wives' retirement has detrimental effects on their husband's health as well. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we employ a fuzzy regression discontinuity design to identify the causal effects of spousal retirement on indicators of physical and mental health in married older adults. Our results suggested that men, not women, experience the most negative spousal spillover effects of retirement on their health outcomes. We found the most support for spillover effects on spouses' physical health outcomes. Additionally, men who are not working when their spouse retires experienced the most negative health effects. Women and men's health is differentially affected by spousal retirement, where men might be the most negatively affected by their spouses' transition in the U.S. context. These results contradict conventional wisdom that undergirds numerous untested assumptions underlying prior research on this significant life transition.

Association of marital relationships with obstetrical history and physical and psychosocial factors of pregnant women in urban areas: A cross-sectional analysis from the perspective of adaptation to pregnancy

Objectives This study aimed to determine the association of marital relationships with pregnant women's obstetrical history, physical and psychosocial factors, and characteristics of women and husbands from the perspective of adaptation to pregnancy. Moreover, it sought to offer suggestions regarding support for couples during pregnancy in urban areas.Methods We distributed self-reported questionnaires to pregnant women who participated in antenatal classes, organized by Public Interest Incorporated Foundation A, in four designated cities in the Kansai region of Japan. We investigated women's obstetrical history, physical and psychosocial factors, and characteristics of women and husbands using the Japanese Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (Relationship with Husband) (J-PSEQ). Of the 778 women, 413 (53.1%) responded. After applying the exclusion criteria, 388 participants were eligible for analysis (valid response rate: 93.9%). Based on their J-PSEQ scores, participants were divided into two groups: poor marital relationship and normal or good marital relationship. Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the factors related to the quality of marital relationships from the perspective of adaptation to pregnancy.Results Based on the J-PSEQ scores, 93 (24.0%) participants were categorized into the poor marital relationship group, and 295 (76.0%) were categorized into the normal or good marital relationship group. For the poor marital relationship group, the logistic regression analysis showed that the odds ratios (confidence intervals) for "pregnancy after infertility treatment," "easily angered and irritated," and "husband's health: somewhat poor" were 2.54 (1.38-4.66), 3.55 (1.86-6.78), and 3.54 (1.06-11.87), respectively. Women who described household finances, husbands' working conditions, and lack of support to be the most stressful factors were more likely to have poor marital relationships. The factors associated with normal or good marital relationships included women experiencing physical discomfort, women not engaging in Satogaeri Shussan (staying at women's parents' homes before and after birth), husbands taking paternity leave after childbirth, and husbands having good health.Conclusions This study revealed that the factors associated with poor marital relationships in terms of adaptation to pregnancy were pregnancy after infertility treatment, anger and irritation in women, and poor health of husbands. Healthcare professionals may need to focus more closely on supporting such couples in urban areas during pregnancy.

Determinan Minat Ibu dalam Pemilihan Kontrasepsi IUD di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mandrehe Utara Kabupaten Nias Barat

Background: IUDs are an effective, safe and comfortable contraception option for many women. IUD contraceptive users in North Mandrehe Health Center were 12 active acceptors and 3 new acceptors. The purpose of this study was to determine the affecting factors on the low interest of mothers in choosing an IUD as a contraceptive. Method: This study uses an analytical survey with a cross sectional approach. This research was conducted at North Mandrehe Health Center. The sample of this study was fertile age couple who used contraception as many as 98 respondents. The data were analyzed by performing Chi-square analysis and multiple linear analysis. Result: Based on the results of the study obtained variables of age, education, occupation, economy, knowledge, husband's support, socio-cultural, and health worker support have a relationship to the mother's interest in choosing an IUD as a contraceptive, while the variable that has no relationship was the parity variable. One of the main factors that most influence was the knowledge variable (OR = 8,766). Conclusion: The conclusion of this study showed that there were factors (age, education, occupation, economy, knowledge, husband's support, socio-cultural, and health worker support) that influence the mother's interest in choosing an IUD. It was suggested to health workers at North Mandrehe Health Center to intensely conduct counseling to the community, especially about IUD contraceptives.

FAKTOR -FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PEMILIHAN ALAT KONTRASEPSI PADA AKSEPTOR KELUARGA BERENCANA

The strategy to reduce fertility rates is through contraception to prevent pregnancy, but not all contraceptives are suitable for the physical health condition of the wearer. Active family planning participants in Metro City in 2020 amounted to 21917 (72.73%). The coverage of intrauterine contraceptive users in Metro City is 3439 (15.%), and the lowest is in the Karangrejo Health Center working area, which is 10.61% (106 out of 999 acceptors). This study aimed to determine the factors that influence the selection of contraceptives in family planning in Karangrejo Village. Methods: Quantitative research with a cross-sectional design, the population of family planning acceptors is 1374 family planning acceptors. With the results of the calculation of the sample size obtained, a sample of 94 respondents—was sampled with a simple random sampling technique. The data was collected using a questionnaire, and the analysis used univariate, bivariate, and multivariate multiple regression analysis. Results: The results of the bivariate test conducted on nine variables related to the use of IUD contraception only five variables, namely knowledge (p=0.03), occupation (p=0.002), economy (p=0.041), husband's support (p= 0.000) and health status during family planning (p= 0.000) while the other four variables were not related because the p-value was more than 0.05, namely education (p=0.210), number of children (p=0.670), history of the hereditary disease (p= 1,000) and confidence (p=1,000). In the multivariate analysis of variables, because the husband's support and maternal health status during family planning were constant, they were not included in the modeling. The final result of modeling obtained knowledge (p=0.07, 95% CI: 0.35 - 0.597) and occupation (p=0.12, 95% CI: 1.493 - 25,631). Conclusion: Results The most dominant factor is the husband's support factor, followed by maternal health during family planning, knowledge of contraceptives, and mothers who do not work / homemakers. Suggestion: In promoting the family planning program, the first step is to approach and educate the husbands of prospective acceptors. It is necessary to increase knowledge about family planning contraceptives, especially for wives who do not work or are homemakers.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPORT OF HUSBAND AND HEALTH OFFICERS AND HIV TESTING IN PREGNANT MOTHERS IN KENDARI CITY HEALTH CENTRE

Background: A preliminary survey conducted by interviewing 10 (ten) pregnant women at Kendari City Health Center found that as many as 6 (six) people did a pregnancy check but did not take the human immunodeficiency test at the health centre on the grounds that the mother could not be infected with HIV and AIDS because they have sexual relations only with their husbands and 4 (four) pregnant women take an HIV test because it is recommended by the midwife to do an HIV test. HIV. Methods: This quantitative research used cross sectional study design. The population is 703 pregnant women, with the determination of the sample usingLemeshow formula so that the number of samples is 85 pregnant women. Result: Statistical test showed that the value (X2hits)= 12,117 > X2tabs=3,841, for the relationship between husband's support and examination of human immunodeficiency virus in pregnant women and (X2hits)= 14,859> X2tabs=3,841, for the relationship between the support of health workers and the examination of human immunodeficiency virus in pregnant women in the Kendari City Health Center Work Area. Conclusion: There is a relationship between husband's support and health workers with examination of human immunodeficiency virus in pregnant women in the Kendari City Health Center Working Area

Determinan Perilaku Ibu Hamil dalam Melakukan Pemeriksaan Kehamilan pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

ANC or antenatal care can be interpreted the service of the mummy and fetus during pregnancy. Through pregnancy check, various advice and education related to gestation and preparation for birth can be given to mothers as early as possible. At this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were some who closed their PMB but 72% were still actively providing services by referring to the health protocols that had been established so as to prevent transmission, especially to pregnant women. This research including an analytical survey research. The population taken at PMB Ny. M Tamansari Village, Mumbulsari District with the amount of 3rd trimester expectant mother who came for a pregnancy checkup in April-July 2021 to the tune of 40 expectant mother, with technique sampling is total sampling. The research results obtained that was used Chi Square analysis represented that P value <0.05 was a significant relationship between the behavior of expectant mother doing ANC with Age, Education, Knowledge, Attitudes, Husband's Support and Health Facilities, the unrelated variable was the mother’s occupation. Present condition does not a barrier of expectant mother from pregnancy check-ups.

Husband’s and Health Workers Support Increase Self-acceptance After Hysterectomy

Background: There have been many studies on the importance of various interventions to increase self-acceptance after hysterectomy, but in general none of the above studies have explained the importance of husband and health workers' support in increasing self-acceptance after hysterectomy. This study aims to analyze the correlation between husband's support and health workers with self-acceptance after hysterectomyMethods: The data measured were the support of husbands and health workers as well as self-acceptance obtained from women after hysterectomy through the SAS-EB (Self-Acceptance - Scale for Persons with Early Blindness) questionnaire to measure self-acceptance and a questionnaire containing support to measure support from husbands and health workers. Statistical analysis used was Chi Square to analyze the support of husbands and health workers with self-acceptance after hysterectomyResult: This study found the importance of husband's support, especially support from health workers. The most important support from health workers is the provision of information about hysterectomy including care before and after hysterectomyConclusion: In general, this study proves that husband's and health workers support increase self-acceptance after hysterectomy

Analisis Faktor Yang Menyebabkan Rendahnya Cakupan Imunisasi Hepatitis B di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Hutaimbaru Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara

Hepatitis B vaccine is mandatory for every child. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors caused the low coverage of hepatitis B immunization in the working area of ​​the Hutaimbaru Public Health, North Padang Lawas Regency. The design of this study used an analytic survey with a cross sectional study design. The sample in this study were mothers who had children under five in the working area of ​​the Hutaimbaru Public Health, North Padang Lawas Regency, namely 50 mothers who had toddlers who were obtained using purposive sampling technique. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using chi-square statistics and logistic regression. The results showed that there were influences of knowledge, culture, ease of access, husband's support, equipment and health promotion, religious leaders, health workers and the low coverage of Hepatitis B immunization in the Hutaimbaru Health Center, Padang Lawas Utara Regency. The variable that is most associated with the low coverage of Hepatitis B immunization in the Hutaimbaru Public Health, North Padang Lawas Regency is the support variable of religious leaders. The suggestion in this research is that it needs research on local people's perceptions about certain immunizations or vaccines. Identification of local issues and key influencers is important to increase confidence in the immunization program.

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Dyadic appraisal and coping with illness among older Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative study.

Diabetes management permeates patients' daily routines and interacts with their living context. Less is known about how older Chinese couples view their supportive roles and the allocation of the management responsibility between them. To explore dyadic appraisal, coping and the barriers to diabetes management shared by older Chinese couples. A qualitative study of older couples where at least one partner had type 2 diabetes mellitus was implemented in four communities of Guangzhou, China. Four focus groups containing 11 couples, and ten in-depth interviews with individual couples were conducted sequentially. All of the data were coded with Nvivo 11 using thematic analysis. The majority of the older couples interviewed appraised diabetes as a shared problem, taking part in monitoring and altering each other's health status and behaviour. Limited knowledge and a lack of accurate information about diabetes negatively impacted the patients' self-management and their spouse's ability to support them. A female dominated-care pattern was evident that female spouses, regardless of their health status, were actively involved in or fully responsible for managing their husband's health. Older couples' management practices were also shaped by family responsibilities and their living environment. Our study provides first-hand evidence of older Chinese couples' daily interactions and the main barriers to diabetes management. It is vital to provide health education directly to older couples to empower them to access adequate mutual support when managing chronic diseases.

Health Status and Retirement Decisions for Older European Couples

In this paper we use data the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to describe and analyse the dynamics of joint labour force behaviour of older couples for the EUI2 countries. We focus on three main issues: the relanvance of joint retirement across EUI2 countries, the existence of complementarities in leisure and/or assortative matting and the effects of health variables. Concerning the evidence, we first find that a working spouse is more likely to retire the more recently the other spouse has retired; this effect is stronger if the wife is the working spouse. Second, there is evidence of assortative mating and/or complementarities in leisure; the effects of all relevant factors on the retirement decision of one spouse depend strongly on whether the other one is working, unemployed, or retired. Third, besides the standard evidence that poor health increases the retirement probabiliby, we find that the husband's health affects the couple's retirement decisions much more strongly than the wife's health does. Additional asymmetric effects are detected with respect to income related variables.

Determinants of Institutional Delivery Among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last One Year in Dejen Woreda, Ethiopia, 2016: A Cross Sectional Study

Background: Globally maternal mortality remained a public health challenge. Institutional delivery ensures safe birth which reduces maternal mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to assess determinants of institutional delivery among mothers who gave birth in the last one year. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted during May 16 to 28, 2016 in Dejen woreda. Multistage sampling technique was used for selection of 361 participants and collected data were entered and analyzed using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. Multiple logistic regression was employed to identify factors associated with the institutional delivery at p-value <0.05` and to control the confounders. Results: Institutional delivery service utilization was 71.7%. Educational status, age and residence of the mother, having antenatal care visit/frequency of ANC visit, gravidity and husband's preference were independent predictors of institutional delivery service utilization. Conclusion and recommendation: Many women gave birth at health institution in Dejen Woreda. Younger age, having secondary and above educational status and urban residents, having 4 or above ANC visit, primiparaous and husband's preferred health facility had significantly associated with increased institutional delivery. Empowering women, ensuring all women to receive ANC visit according to the recommended number of visit, improving the quality of information on skilled delivery and enhancing partner’s involvement, as well as increasing accessibility of health facilities in the rural areas, could increase institutional delivery service utilization.

Partner Relationships and Health: Marital Quality and Health Among Peri-Urban Ethiopian Couples

The linkages between marital relationship quality (MRQ) and health are well established in the West, although mutual spousal influence on each other is underexplored. In the sub-Saharan African context, despite continued health challenges and changing marital structures, this research has been neglected. This study examined the influence of spousal MRQ domains — such as trust, commitment and conflict resolution — on each other's self-reported health over time, using two waves of data from 725 couples in peri-urban Ethiopia using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model. Although MRQ and self-rated health measures of wives and husbands were associated, these relationships were complex and gendered. While the wife's health rating had a positive influence on the husband's relationship quality, the husband's health ratings were negatively associated with the wife's relationship quality. Expanding knowledge on the role of spousal influence can broaden understanding of couple mechanisms that potentially promote positive health behaviours and protect the health of spouses in different settings.

Vasectomy in Pakistan: Changing culture of sharing responsibility towards better family health

The model study aims to improve the health of women's reproductive age by finding out the socio- economic factors, which contribute towards vasectomy decision making and associated experiences of married couples in two districts of Southern Punjab Pakistan. For quantitative part 140 vasectomize males were interviewed. The mean age of sample was 38.7 years, 93.6% respondents were satisfied with their decision and 92.9% had religious satisfaction on their choice of permanent contraception. In-depth interviews from couples for qualitative part revealed eight overarching reasons contributed towards vasectomy decision making and post vasectomy experiences depended on five factors i.e. attitude of service providers, post-operative recovery, sexual relationship, and effect on the health of husband and wife, and overall effect on family.

The African-American Labor Supply after Reconstruction: Added Worker Effects in Urban Families

Econometric analysis of a hitherto unused 1896 survey of African-American families in American cities, mostly located in the South, reveals the classic added worker effect: Longer intervals of husbands' unemployment—not counting work missed on account of illness—led to a greater share of wives taking paid employment outside the home. The analysis also shows that household structure and composition, as well as the health of husbands, influenced the decision of wives to enter the labor force. The data and analysis provide some of first econometric evidence about the labor-force decisions of urban-dwelling blacks in late nineteenth-century America.

A test of a unitary model on labour supply using the information of household decision-making systems

This article tests whether a unitary model is consistent with household behaviour using the data of two-earner couples. It focuses on the unitary model assuming that all family members have the same utility function. The analysis investigates the difference in a husband's and wife's labour supply between the household that determines the wife to be the main decision-maker and the household that selects a different decision-making system under the control of individual and household characteristics. The estimation employs a treatment effects model to consider the selectivity bias caused by unmeasured characteristics. Results show that the household with the wife as the main decision-maker increases the husband's working hours by 15% and decreases the wife's working hours by 59%, compared to the household that selects a different decision-making system. This implies that the unitary model is rejected. Additionally, the husband's wage rate, the husband's and wife's health status, and their gambling addiction determine the household decision-making system such as the variables that determine the reservation utility of not being married. The effect of the decision-making system on the labour supply and that of the determinant factors on the decision-making system are consistent with the implications obtained from Nash bargaining models and collective models.

60 Prevalence of premature ejaculation and its associated factors

60 Prevalence of premature ejaculation and its associated factors