Men’s Awareness, Support and Uptake of Modern Family Planning: A Case Study of Oyo State Nigeria

Amidst the availability of Modern Family Planning (MFP), the prevalence of FP is still low in Africa.Involving men is a critical factor for FP, owing to its benefits, decision making, use and non-use.This study considers the view of men on FP and focused on their perception, support and factors responsible for the use/non-use in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.A cross-sectional study design among married men in in Oyo State, Nigeria.A total of 452 were interviewed.Questionnaire developed using Open Data Kit.Stata statistical was used for data analysis at p=0.05.The majority were Muslims (61.7%), with highest level of education being secondary education (58.4%); 40.3% between the ages of 41-50.Awareness was high (98.7%),with radio (77.%) being major sources.Almost all (98.2%, 97.4%, 92.0%) were aware of male condom, injectables and implants; 86.1% expressed supports and accepted its use (82.1%).Reasons for stopping/not supporting included personal choice (50%), side effects (18.9%) and infidelity (5.3%); 19.7% had negative perception, 43.6% negative perceived roles, 31.0%showed low support.Level of education (x2=8.144,religion and perceived roles (x2=12.089,level of education (x2=7.623,and supports; use and level of supports (x2=62.281,p-0.000) were associated.There was low level awareness, approval for, support and use of MFP.There is a need to develop family and community level strategic SBCC messages to increase awareness, approval, support and acceptance.