Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
Volume 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 806-815

Promoting contraceptive use more effectively among unmarried male migrants in construction sites in china: A pilot intervention trial (Review)

He D. , Cheng Y.-M.* , Wu S.-Z. , Decat P. , Wang Z.-J. , Minkauskiene M. , Moyer E.
  • a Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, National Research Institute for Family Planning, No. 12, Dahuisi Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China
  • b Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, National Research Institute for Family Planning, No. 12, Dahuisi Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China
  • c Donghua Research Institute of Reproductive Health, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
  • d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Ghent University, Belgium
  • e School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong province, China
  • f Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
  • g Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

Poor sexual and reproductive health status has been reported among rural-to-urban migrants in China. Therefore, some effective and feasible interventions are urgently needed. The authors developed a workplace-based intervention to compare 2 young labor migrant service packages (A and B) on the knowledge, attitude related to contraception, and contraceptive use among unmarried male migrants in Chengdu. Fourteen construction sites were randomly assigned to either of the 2 intervention packages. Interventions were completed in 3 months, and data were collected in 2 rounds independently (before and after interventions). After the intervention, the median scores for knowledge and attitude in migrants in package B were significantly higher than in migrants in package A. Although migrants in both packages increased use of condom, the increase was pronounced in migrants in package B, with odds ratio (OR) = 9.65 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.41-66.28). The rate of unwanted pregnancies was reduced more significantly in migrants in package B than in migrants in package A (OR = 0.16; 95%CI = 0.03-0.45). Unmarried male migrants who received the comprehensive intervention (package B) were more willing to use condoms and avoid unwanted pregnancies effectively. © 2012 APJPH.

Author Keywords

China Men Migrant workers quasi-experimental contraception behavior

Index Keywords

China controlled clinical trial health promotion psychological aspect methodology building industry Single Person Follow-Up Studies follow up human statistics condom Condoms controlled study comparative study construction industry Occupational Health Services occupational health service randomized controlled trial family size Humans workplace male pilot study Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Article program evaluation migration health care quality Utilization Review Transients and Migrants attitude to health Pilot Projects
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867758155&doi=10.1177%2f1010539511406106&partnerID=40&md5=2b649324c781fd615b37eb47341987ce
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511406106
ISSN: 10105395
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English