Investigating the level of male involvement in family planning in East Mamprusi District of Northern Ghana
| dc.contributor.author | Laribick, Dujin Barma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-03T20:22:14Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-19T05:35:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-03T20:22:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-19T05:35:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-11-03 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the College of Health Sciences in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award for the degree of Master of Science (Community Health), 2005 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Changes in both men’s and women’s knowledge attitudes and behavior are necessary conditions for achieving the harmonious partnership of men and women. Men play a key role in bringing about gender equality since in most societies, men exercise preponderant power is nearly very sphere of life.., it is essential to improve communication between men and women on issues of sexually and reproductive health, and the understanding of their joint responsibilities, so that men women are equal partners in public and private life”. This study was conducted to fill in the gaps in the ICPD programme of Action. The study was mainly a descriptive cross sectional one that focused on reproductive decision making processes and family planning behavior of couple. In all, 215 respondents were interviewed with 169 these respondents being husbands and 86 being wives. The study relied on both primary and secondary sources of data. Two sets of standard questionnaires were used for men and women respectively and information was also obtained from books, pamphlets, journals, and articles. On the whole, the level of male involvement in family planning was very low. For study variables under reproductive decision making processes male participation was not all that good. For instance, the study revealed that husband — wife communication where possible was a” one way” affair with husbands initiating and deciding on all issues regarding a couple’s reproductive matters. On family planning, the study revealed that awareness of family planning method was high among both husbands and wives but relatively higher among wives. Thus, the study therefore recommends among others that government, communities and households should be brought into the mainstream of providing education, service delivery and advocacy on reducing the gender inequalities among men and women to achieve a better participation by men. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/1612 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 4239; | |
| dc.title | Investigating the level of male involvement in family planning in East Mamprusi District of Northern Ghana | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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