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Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa
Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to improve access to modern contraceptives and inform and educate people on family planning (FP). However, contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in West Africa is low at approximately 20%. One related factor is the limited engagement of males in FP dec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10687861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37460406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad112 |
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author | Hylkema, Renske Ilozumba, Onaedo |
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description | Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to improve access to modern contraceptives and inform and educate people on family planning (FP). However, contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in West Africa is low at approximately 20%. One related factor is the limited engagement of males in FP decision-making. Addressing this issue requires a multiplicity of approaches, including the engagement of faith leaders. Faith leaders are often trusted by their congregants and could be an avenue to promoting male involvement in FP. In this report, we discuss the role of faith leaders in two West African countries, Nigeria and Ghana. We conducted 11 in-depth interviews with faith leaders in Nigeria and Ghana. Our exploratory findings indicate that faith leaders seem to have adequate knowledge and a positive perspective on male engagement and FP. In addition, the relationship of trust faith leaders maintain with their congregants is valuable in educating or counselling congregants on male engagement and FP. |
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spelling | pubmed-106878612023-11-30 Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa Hylkema, Renske Ilozumba, Onaedo J Public Health (Oxf) Short Report Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to improve access to modern contraceptives and inform and educate people on family planning (FP). However, contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in West Africa is low at approximately 20%. One related factor is the limited engagement of males in FP decision-making. Addressing this issue requires a multiplicity of approaches, including the engagement of faith leaders. Faith leaders are often trusted by their congregants and could be an avenue to promoting male involvement in FP. In this report, we discuss the role of faith leaders in two West African countries, Nigeria and Ghana. We conducted 11 in-depth interviews with faith leaders in Nigeria and Ghana. Our exploratory findings indicate that faith leaders seem to have adequate knowledge and a positive perspective on male engagement and FP. In addition, the relationship of trust faith leaders maintain with their congregants is valuable in educating or counselling congregants on male engagement and FP. Oxford University Press 2023-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10687861/ /pubmed/37460406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad112 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Hylkema, Renske Ilozumba, Onaedo Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa |
title | Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa |
title_full | Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa |
title_fullStr | Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa |
title_short | Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa |
title_sort | male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban west africa |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10687861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37460406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad112 |
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