Men's reproductive health services in family planning settings: a pilot study.

Swanson, Janice M.; Forrest, Katherine A.

doi:10.2105/ajph.77.11.1462

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“…5 A 1987 pilot study of 35 family planning agencies found that although most agencies were interested in improving services for men, limited resources meant that men's services were offered only nominally. 6 A 1995 survey of 600 public agencies indicated that only 39% of agencies routinely served men. 7 Both studies found that the primary barriers to serving men were a lack of funding and the general perception that clinics are for women only.…”

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Services for Men at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies, 1998-1999

Finer¹,

Darroch²,

Frost³

2003

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Services for Men at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies, 1998-1999

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Darroch²,

Frost³

2003

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“…In response to low attendance, studies have been conducted to determine what types of services are most requested by males so that clinics can better target their needs. Swanson and Forrest (1987) studied 35 agencies offering family planning services for males and found that condom distribution and STI screening and treatment were the most common services. Brindis et al (1998) identified the needs of 1,780 sexually active males age 19 years and younger who attended family planning clinics in California as part of the Office of Family Planning Expanded Teen Counseling Program.…”

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Ethnicity as a Factor in Reproductive Health Care Utilization Among Males Attending Family Planning Clinics

2010

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Health care utilization of reproductive health care services among males is an emerging issue. This study examined ethnicity as a factor in reproductive health care utilization among 1,606 African American and Hispanic young males attending family planning clinics. Seventy percent were African American and 30% were Hispanic. Across groups, the most received service was treatment for a sexually transmitted infection (STI). African American males were more likely than Hispanic males to have health insurance, report a prior visit to a family planning/STI clinic, and have a history of an STI. Hispanic males had higher rates of employment. The most common source of referral for family planning services for both groups was either a current girlfriend or female friend. Hispanic males were more likely to use family as a referral source than African American males. Differences were also noted in regard to interest in health topics with African American males most interested in STI prevention and getting a job and Hispanic males in services related to working-out/eating well, controlling anger, feeling depressed, and getting along with family. Young males' perceptions of what they consider to be important health care needs should be assessed carefully in order to maintain their interest in returning to the clinics.

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“…Another barrier is presented by pharmacy clerks and technicians who have negative and ambivalent attitudes toward the contraception consumer. It has been suggested that this is often a rdlection of the attending pharmacist's low levels of counselling comfort (9,10). Ray (I) examined the capacity of the pharmacist to fill the gap in health-care services relating to birth control and sexual health.…”

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The comfort level of pharmacists who counsel contraceptive patients

Beal¹,

Skaer²,

Day³

et al. 1993

J Clin Pharm Ther

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SUMMARY The purpose of this study was to examine a pharmacist's comfort level when she/he counsels patients receiving different types of contraceptive. The pharmacist's counselling comfort is important because it could determine the initiation of patient contact and the quality of the contraception counselling. There has been little research done related to the pharmacist's contraception counselling behaviour, and in this paper several variables judged to be important in the counselling process were tested. The subjects used for this study were 128 pharmacists licensed to practice in the state of Washington, and the data were collected using a mailed survey and later analysed using Pearson correlation coefficients and regression analysis. Statistically significant differences in counselling comfort were found related to age, professional responsibility, religiosity and contraceptive knowledge. Additionally, it was found that one's sense of professional responsibility was related to religiosity, sex guilt, age and contraceptive knowledge. It is suggested that as pharmacists begin to move more into the role of clinical counsellor, they need to become more aware of their own attitudes and professional feelings about such topics.

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Men's reproductive health services in family planning settings: a pilot study.

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Services for Men at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies, 1998-1999

Services for Men at Publicly Funded Family Planning Agencies, 1998-1999

Ethnicity as a Factor in Reproductive Health Care Utilization Among Males Attending Family Planning Clinics

The comfort level of pharmacists who counsel contraceptive patients

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