ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2016
University of Venda's male students' attitudes towards contraception and family planning.
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- Knowledge and attitude on family planning among medical students in Egypt: a multicentric cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Attitudes and practices regarding contraception among male students in a Nigerian tertiary educational institution: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Narratives of young black men on barriers to health care and poor health care seeking behaviours at a university setting: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany young men continue to disregard the importance of contraception and family planning in South Africa. The fact that even university students also do not take contraception and family planning seriously poses a serious threat to their own health and well-being.
aimThis paper aims at investigating the attitudes of male students towards contraception and the promotion of female students' sexual health rights and well-being at the University of Venda.
methodsQuantitative research method is used to determine how attitudes of 60 male students towards contraception can jeopardise the health and well-being of both male and female students.
resultsThis study reveals that the majority of 60 male students at the University of Venda have a negative attitude towards contraceptives. As a result, male students at the University of Venda are not keen on using contraceptives. Male students' negative attitude and lack of interest in contraceptives and family planning also limit progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals on primary health care, especially with regard to sexual and reproductive health and well-being of female students at the University of Venda.
conclusionThe fact that more than half of the male students interviewed did not take contraception and family planning seriously poses a serious threat to health and well-being of students, including violation of female students' sexual and reproductive health rights in South Africa. This calls for radical health promotion and sexual and reproductive rights programmes which should specifically target male students at the University of Venda.
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