knowledge,attitude and practice of men towards family plannning

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to find out knowledge, attitude and practice of men towards family planning case study of Kisenyi ward Mbarara municipality with a purpose of assessing men’s involvement in family planning. Men involvement helps not only in accepting a contraceptive but also in its effective use and continuation. The objectives were to assess the men’s knowledge, attitude and practice, to find out demographic factors that influence men’s knowledge, attitude and practice, to find out socio-cultural factors that influence men’s knowledge, attitude and practice and to find out socio-economic factors that influence men’s knowledge, attitude and practice. The target area was Kisenyi ward Kakoba division Mbarara municipality were selected 175 men were interviewed with an aid of questionnaire.175 respondents were interviewed by convenient sampling and data was captured by use of Epidata later exported to STATA to test hypotheses as regards the specific objectives of the study. It was found out that there is a relationship between attitude and the men’s religion and marital status because the probability values were less than 0.05. It was further found out that there was no relationship between attitude and education and occupation of men since the probability values were greater than 0.05. It was found out that there is a relationship between knowledge and the men’s marital status because the probability values were less than 0.05. It was further found out that there was no relationship between knowledge and education, religion and occupation of men since the probability values were greater than 0.05. It was found out that there is a relationship between practice and the men’s religion because the probability values were less than 0.05. It was further found out that there was no relationship between practice and education, marital status and occupation of men since the probability values were greater than 0.05. The government through ministry of Health should extend family planning services to rural population by also putting into consideration men involvement in order to achieve NDP two target of 4.5 children per women.