The Involvement of men in family Planning an Application of Transtheoretical model in Wolaita Soddo town south Ethiopia
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2009-06
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
Introduction
Reproductive health in its broader sense should be a concern for all and not for just
that of women, and reproductive health matters needs the attention of entire family
and the society at large. Historically most reproductive health programs focused
mainly on women and offered their services exclusively to women’s. Most viewed
women as the target group and paying little attention to the role that men might have
with respect to women’s reproductive decision making and behavior. The behaviors
of husband and male sexual partners have significant impact on the contraceptive use
of their wives and partners.This study explored the involvement of men in family
planning by employing one of the health behavior models TransTheoretical model
(TTM) in Wolaita Soddo town.
Objectives
To assess the involvement of men in fertility preference and contraceptive use by
using of Tran theoretical model of behavior change
Methodology
Community based cross-sectional study was done in Wolaita zone, Soddo town
Southern Ethiopia. Both qualitative and quantitative method was employed Focus
group discussion was a qualitative method to complement the finding of the
quantitative study. Data entry, data cleaning and analysis was done by SPSS
version15 soft ware package. Ethical clearance was obtained from school of public
health faculty of medicine.
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Result
About 96% of the respondents were familiar with at least one family planning method
the commonly known method pills (96%) Injectables (94.5%), condom (88.6%)
Norplant (35.3%) and IUD (22.5%) Overall 65.5% of married men currently practice
family planning method 77.5% approved use of contraception and about 60% of study
participant discussed the issue of family planning. Behavioral stage of men in family
planning method use, 26.7% were in the precontemplation Stage,7.8%
contemplation,4.5% preparation,16.1% in the action stage 49.4% in maintenance
stage.
Conclusion and recommendation
The study found high prevalence of knowledge of contraceptive methods among
married men, but a relatively low utilization of male method. Discussion between
spouses and their joint decision-making on contraceptive use was also found to be
high. Most of behavioural stage of men was in maintenance/action stage. Targeted
Stage based IEC intervention were recommended
Key Words
Family planning, Male involvement, Transtheoretical model, Stage of change,
Targeted Intervention
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Keywords
Family planning, Male involvement, Transtheoretical model, Stage of change, Targeted Intervention