Awareness, Acceptance, and Barriers of Vasectomy among Male Resident Doctors at Jos University Teaching Hospital

Abstract

This study will help identify the barriers to vasectomy as a family planning option among male medical resident doctors in Jos University Teaching Hospital. Vasectomy, or male surgical sterilization, involves the division or occlusion of the lumen of the vas deferens leading to disruption of the passage of sperm from the testes. it is one of the few fertility control methods that enable men to take personal responsibility for contraception. Respondents were selected using a stratified proportionate random sampling technique. Of the three tertiary health facilities in Jos North, JUTH was picked by simple random sampling by balloting. A list of all the resident doctors was obtained for each department and the names were sorted by sex and arranged by seniority. This study also showed that the negative attitude towards vasectomy was influenced by the need for more children as most of the participants had concerns about regrets experienced by couples after the procedure. it is recommended that strategies should be developed to tackle major identified barriers, especially to personal use of vasectomy. Training programmes which are focused on evidence-based facts on male sterilisation would help promote proper counselling in birth control consultations.