Open Access<p>Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Burkina Faso: What are the Obstacles to Male Involvement in Improving Indicators in the Centre-East and Centre-North Regions?</p>
Author(s) -
Aristide Romaric Bado,
Hermann Badolo,
Lamoussa Robert Zoma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open access journal of contraception
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1527
DOI - 10.2147/oajc.s274570
Subject(s) - focus group , family planning , medicine , demography , reproductive health , population , family medicine , gender studies , environmental health , sociology , research methodology , anthropology
In Burkina Faso, despite several efforts to improve contraceptive uptake, contraceptive prevalence remains low. Studies suggest that the low levels of family planning (FP) practices can be partially attributed to the low participation of men in reproductive health programmes. Involving men in FP programmes in Burkina Faso is thus imperative, but the obstacles to this are poorly documented. This study has two objectives to explore the perspectives of men and women on barriers to contraceptive use and to identify the strategies to increase male involvement in family planning.