2015
DOI: 10.31899/rh5.1001
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Engaging the missing link: Evidence from FALAH for involving men in family planning in Pakistan—Case study

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“…When couples have discussed family planning, contraceptive use tends to go up, with recent evidence from Kenya [47]; Ethiopia [48–50]; Nepal [51]; Bangladesh [52] and Pakistan [53, 54]. An analysis of DHS survey data from Bangladesh, for example, found that discussions between husband and wife on family planning was the single most significant effect on both current contraceptive use and modern method preference [52].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…When couples have discussed family planning, contraceptive use tends to go up, with recent evidence from Kenya [47]; Ethiopia [48–50]; Nepal [51]; Bangladesh [52] and Pakistan [53, 54]. An analysis of DHS survey data from Bangladesh, for example, found that discussions between husband and wife on family planning was the single most significant effect on both current contraceptive use and modern method preference [52].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The FALAH Project, implemented between 2008 and 2012 in Pakistan shows that programming for men can reach millions of men. That project spanned 20 districts across four provinces and reached more than 9 million women and men [54]. The FALAH Project engaged men through multiple strategies including male motivators and peers, mass media, theatre performances, men’s groups, and religious leaders.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Participating women told us how they tried to in uence their spouses to arrive at a joint decision and when such a joint decision was not forthcoming how they relied on more senior women in their husband's family to in uence their husband. The pivotal role of spousal support in contraceptive choice is highlighted in research from Pakistan which has explored men's roles in family planning and have promoted couple counselling based on that premise (Islam, Muhammad and Hasan, 2014;Ashfaq and Sadiq, 2015;Tilahun et al, 2015). Previous qualitative research which explored men's family planning attitudes and information needs, has also highlighted the importance of involving husbands in family planning discussions and the need to establish forums for men as a way of raising awareness, addressing myths and concerns, and advocating for supporting women's use of LARC 60,61 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Pakistan, many religious leaders agreed with the consideration of family planning as birth spacing and could correct the perception that religion is opposed to family planning. Men who attended talks by sensitized religious leaders had a 23 percentage point higher predicted probability of responding positively to their wives about family planning (Ashfaq and Sadiq, 2015).…”
Section: Description Of the Interventionsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…About half of the female respondents reported that their husbands participated in intervention activities conducted by male outreach workers. Men were not included in the evaluation, however (Ashfaq and Sadiq, 2015).…”
Section: Description Of the Interventionmentioning
confidence: 99%