Male Involvement in Family Planning at Tema General Hospital, Ghana
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54536/jpp.v2i1.4625Keywords:
Contraceptive, Male Involvement, Family PlanningAbstract
Male involvement in the family planning in Ghana is not very much encouraging as most men see family planning as a woman’s activity or responsibility. The main objective of the study was to assess the involvement of males in family planning at Tema General Hospital. The study design for this research was the cross-sectional study design. A total of 110 participants were recruited for the study, out of which 100 were men in the community and 10 were staff of the Family Planning unit of Tema General Hospital. Attendance register was also reviewed from 2015 – 2017. It was seen that attendance of males to FP clinic have been increasing gradually over the years – 596 (2015) to 695 (2017). Factors that were indicated to influence FP attendance were spear-headed by shyness and low level of knowledge and then followed by negative family perception. It can be concluded that, male involvement in family planning is not encouraging despite a gradual increase over the past three years.
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