EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION FAMILY PLANNING GUIDELINES ON HEALTH BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOURS REGARDING FAMILY PLANNING METHODS AMONG MARRIED MEN IN MYANMAR
ABSTRACT: Males are the most
important members and care-takers of the family, but they are considered to be
uncooperative when it comes to the usage of family planning methods.
Traditionally, family planning programs have focused primarily on women, and
most of the methods are designed for women considering that it is the women who
become pregnant and it is easy to deliver reproductive health services as part
of maternal and child health programs. The main objective of this study was to
study the effectiveness of Health Education (HE) Family Planning Guidelines on
Health Belief and Behaviours regarding family planning methods among married
men Methods: A quasi-experimental study design was used to compare the results
of the effectiveness of health education on the health beliefs and behaviours
regarding family planning methods among married men. Mann-Whitney test and
Manova test were used to analyse the data. Results: It was found that there was a difference of
health belief with p= 0.038, knowledge with p= 0.000 and attitude with p= 0.000
between the treatment and control group. Conclusions: There was an impact on
the improvement of health belief and behaviours regarding family planning methods
in the study group which was significantly improved after intervention. As the
predetermined hypothesis, a difference was found between the knowledge,
attitude and health beliefs of the married men who received health education
and those who did not receive health education.
KEYWORDS: Family Planning,
Health Belief, Behaviors, Married Men
Author: Zay Yar Tun, Tintin
Sukartini
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg170053
