KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AAND PRACTICE OF MALE PARTNER REGARDING FAMILY PLANNING, EASTERN PROVINCE, SAUDI ARABIA
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Published:2021-07-01
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Page:52-54
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Container-title:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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language:en
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Author:
Alabdulaal Esraa1, Alfaraj Horeia2, Albunaian Nada3
Affiliation:
1. Senior resident at Family Medicine Academy , Eastern Health Cluster , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2. Senior resident at Family Medicine Academy , Eastern Health Cluster , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 3. Family medicine consultant, chief of family medicine academy, rst cluster eastern province, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Family planning is the act of controlling birth numbers and intervals by using contraception or voluntary sterilization, the
availability of a variety of female contraceptive methods led to an increase in family planning programs and researches that targets women. It is
important to identify the perception of Saudi men, regarding the use of contraception methods and the effect of socio-demographic characteristics
on this perception and to identify their requirements to encourage them to be involved in family planning. this study is aimed to address the
knowledge, practice and attitude of Saudi men toward family planning. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional study in 2020 on 1610
respondents using a structured questionnaire distributed online. RESULT: Most of the respondents heard about the term of family planning
(69.1%), and were able to recognize the most commonly used contraceptives however, the majority of our sample are not using contraception
(56.3%). their attitude toward family planning was positive. Conclusion: Our sample population has a positive attitude toward family planning and
they were willing to participate in family planning counseling and health care visit.
Publisher
World Wide Journals
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