Open AccessMen's knowledge of and attitude with respect to family planning in a sub-urban Nigerian community
Author(s) -
OO Odu,
Kayode T. Ijadunola,
JO Komolafe,
W T Adebimpe
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v15i3.37225
Subject(s) - family planning , pill , medicine , abstinence , interview , family medicine , nausea , gynecology , demography , population , environmental health , research methodology , nursing , surgery , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
Men's Knowledge of and attitudes to family planning (FP) in suburban and rural Nigeria is still poor despite a global move to increase the involvement of men in reproductive health matters. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine men's knowledge of and attitude to family planning at Ganmo, a sub-urban community on the outskirts of Ilorin, Nigeria.