Variables
We sought the following details: socio-demographic profile (age,
religion, literacy status, working status, economic status, wife’s
literacy and working status, and primary decision-maker in the family
regarding timing and place of seeking healthcare during pregnancy),
wife’s obstetric details (parity, number of ANC visits, source of ANC,
awareness JSY benefits (Janani Suraksha Yojana , safe motherhood
scheme- a conditional cash assistance scheme for a woman who delivers in
an institution) , husband’s knowledge of key danger signs of pregnancy
(vaginal bleeding, swelling all over the body, severe anaemia, high
fever, severe headache, fits, blurred vision, and bursting of water bag
without labour pain), childbirth (excessive vaginal bleeding, prolonged
labour pain, i.e. >12hours, fits and retained placenta) and
postpartum (excessive vaginal bleeding, foul-smelling vaginal discharge
and high fever), and receiving information on BPCR from an ANM/doctor.
We assessed the husband’s involvement in BPCR based on the following
practices: planned four ANC visits for wife, identified the place of
delivery, saved money to pay for expenses, identified the mode of
transport to the place of childbirth, identified a birth companion, and
arranged a blood donor if the need arises.