Encouraging Contraceptive Uptake by Motivating Men to Communicate About Family Planning

The Malawi Male Motivator Project

Bibliographic Data

ID11027309
AuthorsDominick Shattuck (0000-0003-4689-863X, Dominick Shattuck, Kate Gilles, Miriam Hartmann, and Greg Guest are with Family Health International, Durham, NC. Brad Kerner and Thokozani Ng'ombe are with Save the Children, Westport, CT.), Brad Kerner (Dominick Shattuck, Kate Gilles, Miriam Hartmann, and Greg Guest are with Family Health International, Durham, NC. Brad Kerner and Thokozani Ng'ombe are with Save the Children, Westport, CT.), Kate Gilles (Dominick Shattuck, Kate Gilles, Miriam Hartmann, and Greg Guest are with Family Health International, Durham, NC. Brad Kerner and Thokozani Ng'ombe are with Save the Children, Westport, CT.), Miriam Hartmann (0000-0001-8109-9679, Dominick Shattuck, Kate Gilles, Miriam Hartmann, and Greg Guest are with Family Health International, Durham, NC. Brad Kerner and Thokozani Ng'ombe are with Save the Children, Westport, CT.), Thokozani Ng'ombe (Dominick Shattuck, Kate Gilles, Miriam Hartmann, and Greg Guest are with Family Health International, Durham, NC. Brad Kerner and Thokozani Ng'ombe are with Save the Children, Westport, CT.), Greg Guest (Dominick Shattuck, Kate Gilles, Miriam Hartmann, and Greg Guest are with Family Health International, Durham, NC. Brad Kerner and Thokozani Ng'ombe are with Save the Children, Westport, CT.)
Year2011
Volume101
Issue6
Pages1089-1095
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2010.300091
PMID21493931
PMCIDPMC3093271
OpenAlexW2133484963
LanguageEN
Citations received63
References cited40

Objectives. We examined the effect of a peer-delivered educational intervention, the Malawi Male Motivator intervention, on couples’ contraceptive uptake. We based the intervention design on the information–motivation–behavioral skills (IMB) model. Methods. In 2008 we recruited 400 men from Malawi's Mangochi province who reported not using any method of contraception. We randomized them into an intervention arm and a control arm, and administered surveys on contraceptive use at baseline and after the intervention. We also conducted in-depth interviews with a subset of intervention participants. Results. After the intervention, contraceptive use increased significantly within both arms (P Conclusions. Our findings indicate that men facilitated contraceptive use for their partners. Although the IMB model does not fully explain our findings, our results show that the intervention's content and its training in communication skills are essential mechanisms for successfully enabling men to help couples use a contraceptive

Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Intervention (counseling) · Population · Psychological intervention · Qualitative property · Randomized controlled trial · Research methodology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception