Author(s)

Alou Samaké^1*, Sitapha Dembele², Mamadou Keita¹, Cheickna Sylla³, Dramane Haidara¹, Mamadou Haidara³, Mamadou Diallo¹, Moussa Konaté¹, Mariam Maiga¹, Mohamed Saydi Agmed Elméhdi Elansari¹, Djibril Kassogué⁴, Seydou Zana Dao⁵, Hawa Samaké⁶, Abdoulaye Nouhoun Coulibaly⁷, Brehima Samaké⁷, Coulibaly Moussa⁸, Mariko Seydou⁹, Abdoulaye Cissé¹⁰, Séma Kéita¹¹, Siaka Amara Sanogo³, Seydou Fané³

¹Reference Health Center of Commune VI of the District of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
²Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics of Fousseyni Daou Hospital in Kayes, Kayes, Mali.
³Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Timbuktu Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
⁵Reference Health Centre of Commune V of the District of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
⁶Kalaban Coro Reference Health Center, Bamako, Mali.
⁷Nianankoro Fomba Hospital of Segou, Segou, Mali.
⁸Reference Health Center of Commune II of the District of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
⁹National Institute of Training in Health Sciences, Bamako, Mali.
¹⁰Regional Health Directorate of Kayes, Kayes, Mali.
¹¹Fana Reference Health Center, Koulikoro, Mali.

Introduction: The involvement of men in reproductive health programmes and more specifically in family planning has always been of concern to the various development actors at both national and international levels. Objective: To study the births, ideas and opinions of men on Family Planning in the village of Tourourou. Material and Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic study from February 1 to July 31, 2020 in the village of TOUROUROU on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of Men on Family Planning. We included in our study, all men residing in TOUROUROU whose age is between 14 and 99 years, who agreed to participate in the study. Results: Our study involved 200 men. The 25 - 29 age group was the most represented with 25.5%. The Soninke had represented 41%. In our study, 97.5% of men had heard of family planning, 62% had spontaneously cited at least one modern contraceptive method, and the pill ranked first with 64.5%. Radio and friends were the most frequent sources of information with 57.5% and 54.5% respectively. Birth spacing was the most cited family planning goal by men in 43.5% of cases. Men supported the practice of family planning in 50.5% of cases. Conclusion: In the village of Tourourou men play a crucial role in decision-making concerning the health of the couple and the family, their effective involvement in Reproductive Health especially in Family Planning will contribute enormously to the improvement of the health of the family.

Knowledge, Attitudes, Perceptions, Men, Planning, Family

Samaké, A. , Dembele, S. , Keita, M. , Sylla, C. , Haidara, D. , Haidara, M. , Diallo, M. , Konaté, M. , Maiga, M. , Elansari, M. , Kassogué, D. , Dao, S. , Samaké, H. , Coulibaly, A. , Samaké, B. , Moussa, C. , Seydou, M. , Cissé, A. , Kéita, S. , Sanogo, S. and Fané, S. (2023) Men’s Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions on Family Planning in Tourourou Village, Gogui Rural Commune, Nioro Circle, Kayes Region of Mali. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 13, 662-680. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2023.133056.