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Review Papers | Nursing | India | Volume 8 Issue 3, March 2019

Effectiveness of Awareness Programme (AP) on Vasectomy in Terms of Knowledge and Attitude among Males Residing in Community Area: A Quasi Experimental Study

Ashish Dass

Abstract: Background: The population is rapidly increasing and has become a major issue for many countries of the world with the population growing at an annual rate of 1.2 %. Based on this report, India became one of the earliest national government sponsored family planning programs in the developing worlds since the early 1950s, but the family planning programs focused more on females and havent focused efforts on educating males about their responsibility. With this background, systematic literature search and Meta- Analysis was carried out. Objective: To collect the data and review various studies. Methodology: The study design was systematic review. The study includes the studies those which are related to knowledge of men regarding vasectomy and the attitude of men regarding vasectomy and the study excludes the studies those are related to tubectomy. Analysis: The data was grouped and analyzed in terms of Meta analysis. Studies were identified through searches of MEDLINE, PUBMED, Elsevier and Google Scholar. ed information is about the study design, population characteristics, interventions and outcomes. Conclusion: This systematic has concluded that rate of vasectomy use was low in most developing countries like India and acceptance of vasectomy is limited by several factors is poor awareness and education regarding vasectomy.

Keywords: Awareness programme, knowledge, attitude, males, vasectomy

Edition: Volume 8 Issue 3, March 2019,

Pages: 1020 - 1023

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