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Assessment of vasectomy as a method of contraception among male staff of a tertiary health centre in North-Western Nigeria.
Abstract
Background: Population growth exerts increasing pressure on essential resources such as water and food, with profound implications for both environmental sustainability and human welfare. These underscore the urgent need for innovative policies, sustainable resource management, and equitable development strategies. Family planning methods have traditionally focused on female methods of contraception, although, there has been an increasing advocacy for men to be actively involved in reproductive health decision-making at the family and community level. This study assessed the awareness, knowledge and acceptance of vasectomy as a method of contraception among male staff of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study involving 157 randomly chosen respondents. Semi-structured intervieweradministered questionnaire was used to collect data and entered into the statistical software for social sciences (SPSS) now IBM incorporation version 25 for analysis.
Results: The average age of respondents was 39.53 ± 9.20 years, with doctors comprising the majority (66.9%). While (84.7%) demonstrated good knowledge of vasectomy, only (52.3%) were aware of the availability of vasectomy services. Overall perception of vasectomy was positive among (72.1%) of participants; only (25%) expressed willingness to adopt it as a contraceptive method. Significant association was found between the number of children and acceptance of vasectomy x2 =21.13, p =0.032.
Conclusion: The awareness and knowledge of vasectomy as a method of contraception were found to be high among respondents; however, awareness of the availability of vasectomy services and uptake of the services by male staff of Ahmadu Bello University were low.
