Although the range of contraceptives includes methods for men, namely condoms,
vasectomy and withdrawal that men use directly, and the Standard Days Method (SDM) that …

There is a growing understanding in the international public health community of the role of
gender as a fundamental influence; along with decision-making power, access to education …

Globally, men have not shared equally with women the responsibility for fertility regulation.
While family planning efforts have been directed almost exclusively toward women, the lack …

Context: Family planning programs and policies increasingly focus on the male partner's
roles and responsibilities in contraceptive decision-making and use. To effectively tailor …

Focus groups with 76 sexually experienced young men and women living in the Denver
area in 1993 explored the reasons unmarried men do or do not involve themselves in …

The idea ofincreasing men's participation in family planning has received periodic attention
for the past 20 years, but there is no generally accepted understanding of what men's …

Objectives. To estimate national need for family planning services among men in the United
States according to background characteristics, access to care, receipt of services, and …

Men's intimate involvement in sex and reproduction cannot be disputed. Yet for much of its
history, the population field focused almost exclusively on the fertility behavior of women …

Family planning programs have made vast progress in many regions of sub-Saharan Africa
in the last decade, but francophone West Africa is still lagging behind. More emphasis on …

A lthough contraception has traditionally been the responsibility of women, men have been
involved in decisions about contraception for centuries: Withdrawal is described in the …