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    Perception of service providers on vasectomy and its availability in Dar es Salaam: the case of Temeke District
    (university of Dar es Salaam, 2018) Cyril, Noela
    Vasectomy is said to be an effective, efficient and easy method of family planning, however looking at the ongoing family planning interventions and reproductive health services being offered it is not a method that is being promoted like the other family planning methods or female sterilization. This study therefore intends to explore the perception of service providers on the use of vasectomy as a family planning method and it availability, given that the service providers are key in promoting and assuring their clients on the safety, filled with information, knowledge and efficacy of the method. This study used in-depth Interview to gather the thoughts and perceptions of health service providers, in charge and coordinators of Reproductive and Child Health services to know why vasectomy is not being equally promoted like other methods of family planning given its efficiency and effectiveness. The study conducted in-depth interview to District Reproductive and Child Health Coordinator (DRCHCO), RCH in charges and the RCH service providers. The study participants were obtained through purposive sampling where nurses who worked in Reproductive Child Health units for more than two years were involved in the study. Given that vasectomy is a surgical procedure performed at a hospital level, only four hospitals in Temeke were involved in the study. The obtained data was analyzed through content analysis and the study found that, service providers themselves don’t give attention to vasectomy, and like anyone else, they feel it is not appropriate for men to opt for vasectomy since it emasculates them. At the same time those who perform vasectomy procedures are not the ones responsible for RCH, in most cases the doctors from other departments assist in doing the procedures. On top of that RCH service providers don’t provide counseling on the use of vasectomy unless the clients show interest in them. Conclusively, to adequately promote vasectomy and get men to use it, the media must play a vital role just like the way it does for other family planning methods. At the same time, influential leaders must take part in, practice it and b the champions to get other men into doing so.
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    Perception of service providers on vasectomy and its availability in Dar es Salaam: the case of Temeke district. Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam.
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2018) Cyril, Noela
    Vasectomy is said to be an effective, efficient and easy method of family planning, however looking at the ongoing family planning interventions and reproductive health services being offered it is not a method that is being promoted like the other family planning methods or female sterilization. This study therefore intends to explore the perception of service providers on the use of vasectomy as a family planning method and it availability, given that the service providers are key in promoting and assuring their clients on the safety, filled with information, knowledge and efficacy of the method. This study used in-depth Interview to gather the thoughts and perceptions of health service providers, in charge and coordinators of Reproductive and Child Health services to know why vasectomy is not being equally promoted like other methods of family planning given its efficiency and effectiveness. The study conducted in-depth interview to District Reproductive and Child Health Coordinator (DRCHCO), RCH in charges and the RCH service providers. The study participants were obtained through purposive sampling where nurses who worked in Reproductive Child Health units for more than two years were involved in the study. Given that vasectomy is a surgical procedure performed at a hospital level. Only four hospitals in Temeke were involved in the study. The obtained data was analyzed through content analysis and the study found that, service providers themselves don’t give attention to vasectomy, and like anyone else, they feel it is not appropriate for men to opt for vasectomy since it emasculates them. At the same time those who perform vasectomy procedures are not the ones responsible for RCH, in most cases the doctors from other departments assist in doing the procedures. On top of that RCH service providers don’t provide counseling on the use of vasectomy unless the clients show interest in them. Conclusively, to adequately promote vasectomy and get men to use it, the media must play a vital role just like the way it does for other family planning methods. At the same time, influential leaders must take part in, practice it and be the champions to get other men into doing so.