Assessment of Male Involvement in Family Planning use in Loka Abaya District, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

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Assessment of Male Involvement in Family Planning use in Loka Abaya District, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

Berhanu Bifato
Berhanu Bifato Hawassa University
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Background: Involving men and obtaining their support and commitment to family planning is of crucial for family planning service utilization. But the information available on male involvement in family planning use is limited in study area. Objective: To assess male involvement in family planning use and associated factors in Loka Abaya woreda sidama zone, Ethiopia. Method: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in Loka Abaya district, from Sep 2014 to June in 2015. Systematic random sampling was used to select the study subjects. Married men were interviewed to assess the status of male’s involvement status in family planning method utilization; by using semi-structured interviews. Finally, data was coded, cleaned, entered using EPI-info7 software and analyzed using SPSS version 20.

Assessment of Male Involvement in Family Planning use in Loka Abaya District, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Involving men and obtaining their support and commitment to family planning is of crucial for family planning service utilization. But the information available on male involvement in family planning use is limited in study area. Objective: To assess male involvement in family planning use and associated factors in Loka Abaya woreda sidama zone, Ethiopia. Method: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in Loka Abaya district, from Sep 2014 to June in 2015. Systematic random sampling was used to select the study subjects. Married men were interviewed to assess the status of male’s involvement status in family planning method utilization; by using semi-structured interviews. Finally, data was coded, cleaned, entered using EPI-info7 software and analyzed using SPSS version 20.

Berhanu Bifato
Berhanu Bifato Hawassa University

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Berhanu Bifato. 2016. “. Global Journal of Human-Social Science – H: Interdisciplinary GJHSS-H Volume 16 (GJHSS Volume 16 Issue H4): .

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Berhanu Bifato
Berhanu Bifato Hawassa University

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