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UNIVERSITY STUDENT MEN’S VIEWS, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING AND EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION. N evin Hotun Sahin,Ph.D, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey nevinsahin34@yahoo.com. Objective.
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UNIVERSITY STUDENT MEN’S VIEWS, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING AND EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION Nevin Hotun Sahin,Ph.D, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey nevinsahin34@yahoo.com
Objective To determine university student men’s views, attitudes and behaviours about family planning and emergency contraception.
Design&Methods • 278 male university students from several universities (Bachelors prog)in Istanbul. • 32-item self-administered questionnaire • Descriptive and comparative analysis were made with SPSS (Client Version 11.9).
Demographic Characteristics • The mean age of the students was 21.562.0 (17 - 28 years) • 96,6% of men were single • 51,9% in the faculty of science 39% in social sciences, 8% in health sciences
First Sexual Experiences 73% of the students(N=200) used a contraceptive method in their first sexual experiences. Of these students who used any method, 69,54% used condom. 13 of the students who didn’t use a contraceptive method had unwanted pregnancies with their partner (13/200).
First Sexual Experiences Students who used a contraceptive method at their first sexual experiences continue using a method significantly (X=54.127,p <0.000). Mothers of the students who used a contraceptive method at their first sexual experiences were significantly more educated (x=10,811; p<0.05).
Knowledge,views and attitudes of the students related with male condom
Attitudes to male pills • if hormone pills were produced for men they would not use them (72,5%) • Reasons : “pills for men could be harmful (87,6%)” “difficult to use (59,3%)”.
Students' Views About Shared Responsibility for Contraception
Conclusions • Students, who are mostly also sexually active men, don’t have enough knowledge about family planning and emergency contraception • Young people in Turkey tend to engage in high-risk behaviors. • Also, men’s attitudes toward contraceptive methods should be evaluated in different cultures.