Determinants of Husbands’ Involvement in Promoting Skilled-Delivery Attendants in Deder Town, Oromiya, Ethiopia

Abstract Background Husbands’ involvement strategies are employed as a means to support their wives to access care, address the influence of gender inequality on maternal and newborn health and promote husbands positive involvement as fathers. Yet, evidence on the husbands’ involvement in promoting skilled-delivery attendants in Ethiopia is scarce which limits the facility to improve institutional delivery services. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the determinants of husbands’ involvement in promoting skilled-delivery attendants among fathers of children of less than one year in Deder town, Oromiya, Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured questionnaire among 399 fathers selected by simple random sampling technique. Data were collected through face to face interview from March 24 to April 20, 2021. Data entry was done by Epi-data version-4.2 and analyzed with SPSS version-21. Descriptive analyses used frequency, mean and median and presented by tables and figures. Level of significance was set at p-value ≤ 0.05 for multivariable logistic regression and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to measure the degree of statistical significance of dependent and independent variables. Result The prevalence of husbands’ involvement in promoting skilled-delivery attendants was 84.2%. Age group of 25 to 29 years (AOR = 2.63, CI: 1.124–6.142), prior knowledge of skilled-delivery attendants (AOR = 2.75, CI: 1.456–5.205) and good attitude on skilled-delivery attendants (AOR = 2.46, CI: 1.227–4.948) were statistically significant determinants of husbands’ involvement in promoting skilled-delivery attendants. Conclusion and recommendation: This study revealed that the husbands’ involvement in skilled-delivery attendants was high. Age, level of knowledge and attitude were the significant determinants of husbands’ involvement in promoting skilled-delivery attendants. Therefore, improving husbands’ level of knowledge and attitude towards skilled-delivery attendants are needed.