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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Zimbabwe family planning project evaluation: male motivation and method

expansion.

AUTHORS

Kim YM; Lettenmaier C; Tweedie I; Shefner C; Kumah OM; Marangwanda C;

Dlodlo B; Chikara F; Zinanga A

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1994. Presented at the 122nd Annual Meeting of the American

Public Health Association [APHA], Washington, D.C., October 30 - November 3,

ABSTRACT

The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council, with technical assistance from the Johns Hopkins University

Population Communication Services, implemented a Male Motivation Campaign project during 1992-94 in Harare,

Bulawayo, Gweru, Gutu, and Murewa. The major objectives of the campaign were to encourage men to share

responsibility for family planning and couples to use long-term and permanent contraceptive methods. To evaluate

the impact of the campaign, 2054 randomly selected men and women were interviewed across campaign sites, 1024

people in June 1993 before the campaign and 1030 in May 1994 after the campaign. In addition, service statistics

were collected from 23 randomly selected clinics in the campaign sites. More than half of the sample heard the

campaign radio dramas and saw campaign posters. Men saw newspapers and magazine materials and attended

football games significantly more than women did. Approximately half of the men could recall the main campaign

slogans, with more men recalling key messages than women did. Approval for using long-term and permanent

methods increased after the campaign, and more men believed that they alone were responsible for seeking family

planning services or that it should be a joint decision. Respondents exposed to more campaign interventions used

contraceptives more than did counterparts who were less exposed. Finally, couple-years of protection for all methods

increased after the campaign launch. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4523-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Zimbabwe family planning project evaluation: male

motivation and method expansion.", is(are) Kim YM; Lettenmaier C; Tweedie I; Shefner C; Kumah OM;

Marangwanda C; Dlodlo B; Chikara F; Zinanga A. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1994. Presented at

the 122nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association [APHA], Washington, D.C., October 30 -

November 3, 1994. [7] p.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 4523-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9523

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