Comparative Investigating the Effect of Training with Pamphlet and Consulting Women on Attitude of Men toward Vasectomy in Hamadan

Couples'' relationship and effect of raising women''s awareness on education men has an important role on adopting a contraceptive method. In Health Systems، training is done in different types such as face to face advice or directly by the educational materials and devices. The aim of this study was to comparatively determine the effect of training women with pamphlets and consulting on attitude of men toward vasectomy in health centers in Hamadan. This quasi-experimental study was implemented on 90 women of childbearing age who referred to health centers of Hamadan city. Samples were randomly selected and categorized into two groups of: training with pamphlet (45 person) and consulting (45 persons). The attitude of men toward vasectomy was measured before-and-after training the women. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16، t-test، and chi-square test. P value less than 0. 05 was considered statistically significant. Training pamphlet (p= 0. 002) and counseling (p= 0. 000) changed men''s positive attitude about vasectomy، but no difference was observed between the two type of training with pamphlet or consulting (p>0. 05). Training pamphlet and counseling with women changed men''s positive attitude about vasectomy.