Assessment of men’s attitude, practice and barriers towards contraceptive uptake in Mvomero district
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Mzumbe University
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A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Public Administration and
Management in Partial Fulfilment for the Award of Master’s Degree of Health
System Management (MHSM) of Mzumbe University
Involvement of men in family planning and contraceptive uptake is vital, as men are mentioned to dominate families’ important decisions such as the number of children a couple to have and the spacing of those children(Mosha, Ruben, & Kakoko, 2013). Therefore, study aimed at assessing men’s attitude, practice and barriers towards contraceptive uptake in Mvomero District. Data were collected from 110 respondents, whereby Cluster sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select respondents of this study. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaire, interview and Documentary review methods. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze quantitative data while, qualitative data was analyzed by Content analysis. The findings of this study showed that 34% of men use contraceptive, while 66% do not use any kind of contraceptives. Also, the results demonstrated that 71% of men are not supportive to their spouse/partners on the use of family planning they do not communicate with their female couples about family planning and 89% do not attend to RCH clinics with their spouse/partners where they would have got some knowledge on family planning services. It was also revealed that men consider family planning is necessary for their family wellbeing and its practice is not a blasphemy. However, men consider contraceptive uptake is a women practice, that it is not necessary for them to use due to their side effects and desire to have many children. This study also found out that knowledge, attitude, traditions beliefs, and religious beliefs are the barriers hindering contraceptive uptake among men. Furthermore, this study pointed out the strategies on place that can ensure male involvement in family planning. These strategies include; the Government commitment in extension of FP services; Provision of family planning products like condoms for free; Recruitment and distribution of adequate and competent health service providers in health facilities; Positive response of religious leaders and community leaders toward family planning; Intensive distribution of condoms in different outlets such as shops, super markets etc; and attendance of male partners in RCH clinics should be compulsory.
Involvement of men in family planning and contraceptive uptake is vital, as men are mentioned to dominate families’ important decisions such as the number of children a couple to have and the spacing of those children(Mosha, Ruben, & Kakoko, 2013). Therefore, study aimed at assessing men’s attitude, practice and barriers towards contraceptive uptake in Mvomero District. Data were collected from 110 respondents, whereby Cluster sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select respondents of this study. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaire, interview and Documentary review methods. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze quantitative data while, qualitative data was analyzed by Content analysis. The findings of this study showed that 34% of men use contraceptive, while 66% do not use any kind of contraceptives. Also, the results demonstrated that 71% of men are not supportive to their spouse/partners on the use of family planning they do not communicate with their female couples about family planning and 89% do not attend to RCH clinics with their spouse/partners where they would have got some knowledge on family planning services. It was also revealed that men consider family planning is necessary for their family wellbeing and its practice is not a blasphemy. However, men consider contraceptive uptake is a women practice, that it is not necessary for them to use due to their side effects and desire to have many children. This study also found out that knowledge, attitude, traditions beliefs, and religious beliefs are the barriers hindering contraceptive uptake among men. Furthermore, this study pointed out the strategies on place that can ensure male involvement in family planning. These strategies include; the Government commitment in extension of FP services; Provision of family planning products like condoms for free; Recruitment and distribution of adequate and competent health service providers in health facilities; Positive response of religious leaders and community leaders toward family planning; Intensive distribution of condoms in different outlets such as shops, super markets etc; and attendance of male partners in RCH clinics should be compulsory.
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Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, Family planning, contraceptive uptake-men’s attitude