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  • Title: Men and family planning: a special initiative.
    Author: Harper PB, Jezowski TW.
    Journal: AVSC News; 1991 Oct; ():7. PubMed ID: 12319353.
    Abstract:
    Research reports have consistently shown that the male partner is one of the most important influences on a woman's decisions about childbearing and contraception. In countries around the world, AVSC has found that men play a critical role in the choice for female sterilization. Yet, historically, family planning programs have focused their efforts on women. The Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (AVSC) has launched a special male initiative both to expand male sterilization services and to involve men more in contraceptive decision-making. Research studies have demonstrated that most men are in favor of family planning. In most developing countries an overwhelming majority of men have heard of at least one method involving male participation. Around the world, vasectomy accounts for 12% of contraceptive use; female sterilization, for 27%. Over the next 3 years, funded by private contributors and the US Agency for International Development, AVSC will be conducting its special male initiative. Activities include the following: integrating male-involvement components into AVSC projects in the field; expanding counseling activities to focus more attention on men; establishing training centers for male involvement in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and North Africa/Middle East; reviewing the materials and revising them to include more information about men; placing more emphasis on involving men in decisions about contraceptive use in the postpartum period; conducting national meetings in various countries about male involvement; sponsoring an international conference on the role of men in family planning; encouraging other international family planning agencies to expand their work with men; completing a major literature review about how men are involved in family planning and contraceptive decision-making; conducting research about men and family planning decision-making; studying the effectiveness of various occlusion methods used in vasectomy; and hiring a male-involvement coordinator for AVSC's New York headquarters.
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