Main finding | Design | Intervention | Sample size | Purpose | Author |
Findings indicated that only 40% of men were found to be active about partners’ reproductive healthcare | Health Survey Cross section | Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) data was used. Participants were married men aged 15 - 69 years | n = 1196 | To investigate factors associated with male involvement in reproductive health among Bangladeshi men | Bishwajit, Tang, Yaya, Ide, Wang and Feng (2017) [6] |
Results showed that men’s intention to discuss birth control is affected by attitudes, norms and self-efficacy -The more strongly men endorsed a traditional masculinity sexual script, are less likely intend to discuss birth control | survey | Online survey. Participants were men aged 18 - 25. Questions were attitudes toward, norms regarding and self-efficacy | n = 372 | To examine men’s intentions to discuss birth control with a female partner | Masters, Morrison, Querna, Casey and Beadnell (2017) [7] |
Results showed that place of residence, marital status, religion, wealth, interaction with a health care provider, fertility preference, number of sexual partners and access to media were all significantly associated with modern contraceptive use among sexually active men | Demographic and Health Survey | Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (Kenya 2014) of men aged 15 - 54 years | n = 9514 | To understand the determinants of modern contraceptive use among sexually active men | Ochako, Temmerman, Mbondo and Askew (2017) [8] |
Reasons for men’s limited involvement in reproductive health include: side effects of female contraceptive methods, dissatisfaction with male contraceptive choices, perceptions that family planning was a woman’s domain, large family size preferences, and fear of partner sexual promiscuity | cross-sectional qualitative study | 18 focus group discussions. Purposive sample of men aged 15 - 54 and women aged 15 - 49, eight key informant interviews with government and community leaders | n = 154 | To examine gendered views regarding factors limiting men’s involvement, as evidenced by partner communication, approval, support, or utilization of family planning methods | Kabagenyi, Jennings, Reid, Nalwadda, Ntozi and Atuyambe (2014) [9] |
Results show that level of male involvement was low. Lack of information, inaccessibility to the services and the desire to have more children were found to be the reasons for low male involvement in family planning services utilization | community based cross-sectional | A community-based cross-sectional study. Multi-stage sampling technique. Semi-structured questionnaires were used | n = 524 | To assess the level of male involvement in family planning services utilization and its associated factors in Debremarkos Town, Northwest Ethiopia | Kassa, Abajobir and Gedefaw (2014) [10] |
Findings show that: Contraceptive behavior is influenced by religious, family and social backgrounds Gendered, male-centered values predominate in contraceptive behaviors | A systematic review of qualitative studies | Systematic review of qualitative studies published between 1994 until 2011. Participants were men from all cultures, ethnic backgrounds and religions |
| To explore the men’s beliefs, values, attitudes and experiences towards contraceptives | Hoga, Rodolpho, Sato, Nunes and Borges (2014) [11] |
Results revealed the following: 1. Men in India think contraception is women’s business, and men should not have to worry about it. 2. Men believe, by using contraception, women may become promiscuous. 3. According to 49% men, a lactating woman, can’t become pregnant. 4. Men with higher education level, media exposure and with knowledge of modern family planning are significantly more likely to agree that wife can ask her husband to use condom if he has STDs (p < 0.01) | National Family Health Survey-3 | Data from The National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3). Bivariate and multivariate analyses are used | n = 69,751 men of age group 15 to 49 years and n = 43,501 currently married men of 15 to 49 years age | To address men’s attitudes towards the use and choice of contraception by women in India | Patra and Singh (2014) [12] |