PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 395 - 18 Jan 2003

Cultural differences affect attitudestowards male hormonal

contraceptionSignificantly less enthusiasm for potential male

hormonal contraception in Australia is shown bymigrant men as opposed to Australian-born men, sayresearchers from that country.

They provided new fathers born in Southeast Asia orthe Indian subcontinent with a brief information sheeton male hormonal contraception, and asked them tocomplete a survey to determine their likelihood of usingsuch contraception, if it were available, and theirpreferred method of administration. A comparison ofthe results with a similar survey conducted amongAustralian-born men showed that migrant mendemonstrated considerably less enthusiasm for malecontraception than Australian-born men; 13.6% ofmigrant men would definitely or probably considerusing contraception vs 47.5% of Australian-born men.Two-yearly injections would be the preferredadministration method among migrant men, followedby a daily oral pill and quarterly injections. Australian-born men would prefer a daily oral pill, followed byquarterly injections, and two-yearly injections.Weston GC, et al. Migrant fathers and their attitudes to potential male hormonalcontraceptives. Contraception 66: 351-355, Nov 2002 800925073

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