Effects of family planning counselling and media messages on contraceptives use by Nigerian men: Evidence from the Nigeria demographic and health survey.

Generally, man plays a more significant role in population health in developing countries like Nigeria, as most of them show no interest in contraceptive use. Hence, to achieve the desired population control in a developing country like Nigeria, men must step up the modern use of contraceptives. The objective of the study was to examine the effect of family planning counselling and media messages about reproductive health on men's acceptance of contraceptives. Precisely, the study sought to determine if the use of counselling and radio messages on family planning could enhance the acceptance of contraceptive usage among men in developing countries like Nigeria. The researchers sourced the data for the study from the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2018 and used the Logit regression method for the data analysis. Results from the analysis showed that counselling at health facilities and radio messages on modern contraceptive use have positive and significant effects on men's acceptance of contraceptives. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the best way to increase contraceptive use among men in Nigeria and some other developing countries is to compel pregnant women attending antenatal care services to come with their husbands to the health facility once a month, during which the men could be counselled on the importance of modern contraceptives usage.

De manière générale, l'homme joue un rôle plus important dans la santé de la population dans les pays en développement comme le Nigéria, car la plupart d'entre eux ne manifestent aucun intérêt pour l'utilisation de contraceptifs. Par conséquent, pour parvenir au contrôle démographique souhaité dans un pays en développement comme le Nigéria, les hommes doivent intensifier l'utilisation moderne des contraceptifs. L'objectif de l'étude était d'examiner l'effet des conseils en matière de planification familiale et des messages médiatiques sur la santé reproductive sur l'acceptation des contraceptifs par les hommes. Plus précisément, l'étude cherchait à déterminer si le recours aux conseils et aux messages radio sur la planification familiale pouvait améliorer l'acceptation de l'utilisation de la contraception chez les hommes dans les pays en développement comme le Nigeria. Les chercheurs ont extrait les données de l'étude de l'Enquête démographique et de santé nigériane menée en 2018 et ont utilisé la méthode de régression Logit pour l'analyse des données. Les résultats de l'analyse ont montré que les conseils dispensés dans les établissements de santé et les messages radio sur l'utilisation des contraceptifs modernes ont des effets positifs et significatifs sur l'acceptation des contraceptifs par les hommes. Sur la base des résultats, l'étude recommande que la meilleure façon d'augmenter l'utilisation des contraceptifs chez les hommes au Nigeria et dans certains autres pays en développement est d'obliger les femmes enceintes qui fréquentent les services de soins prénatals à venir avec leur mari à l'établissement de santé une fois par mois, pendant lequel les les hommes pourraient être conseillés sur l'importance de l'utilisation des contraceptifs modernes.

Couples' social characteristics, family planning, and unwanted pregnancy risk: Evidence from two Nigerian Demographic and Health Surveys.

Increased cases of child abandonment, homeless and street children in developing countries are traceable to proportionate rates of unwanted pregnancies. Such pregnancies impose hardships on households and increased social vices in society. In Nigeria, baby factories are continually being discovered in almost every state, thereby raising concerns about the exposure of women to the dangers of unwanted pregnancies. In order to contribute to the government's efforts to control unwanted pregnancies in Nigeria, this study examined the effects of couples' social characteristics and family planning methods on unwanted pregnancies in Nigeria. We applied the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method of regression analysis because of its efficiency and unbiased property in statistical analysis. Survey data from the 2013 and 2018 Nigeria's Demographic and Health Surveys were used in the analysis. Results indicated that the more family planning methods are used in Nigeria, the fewer unwanted pregnancies will occur. Furthermore, the social characteristics of men are more important than those of women in predicting unwanted pregnancies. Based on other findings, literacy campaign in the Northern Nigeria where literacy rate is low, more counselling on the importance of modern family planning, and use of different strategies in population health awareness campaign across the different regions in Nigeria is encouraged.

Neonatal deaths and challenges of public health: Where do We need urgent intervention in developing countries?

Neonatal death is child health problem which the global community seeks to reduce to the barest minimum by 2030. In 2017, sub-Sahara Africa's average neonatal death was 27 in every 1000 successful births, while Nigeria's neonatal death rate was 32.9. The researcher's objective is to propose public health policies needed to reduce neonatal death drastically in Nigeria by 2030. The researchers sourced data from World Bank between 1993 and 2015, and used ordinary least squares method of analysis because of its simplicity. We recommended introduction of antenatal meal plus in Nigeria based on finding that poor nutrition causes neonatal death.