Abstract
The study generally aimed to determine the health beliefs of fathers on vasectomy as influenced by social media. A survey questionnaire was disseminated to 230 fathers aged 25-45. Pearson Chi-square test was used for the relationship between the respondents' socio-demographic profile versus health beliefs, and psychological factors versus health beliefs of fathers on vasectomy. Findings revealed that most of the fathers are middle-aged, have three to six children, are married, attained higher educational levels, are poor, and are Roman Catholics. The fathers are average users of social media; Facebook is the most often used platform among fathers, and they acquired vasectomy information from social media such as vasectomy as a family planning method, benefits, stigma, and risks. Fathers strongly agreed to all the susceptibility statements; strongly agreed to all the severity statements; disagreed to all the perceived benefits statements; and strongly agreed to all the statements under perceived barriers. A significant relationship was seen between the respondents' monthly income, number of children, civil status, educational attainment with their health beliefs. A significant relationship was also seen between the fathers' frequency of social media utilization and acquired information with their health beliefs. Thus, it is recommended that the locality and health experts increase information dissemination and create and implement strategic communication and advocacies through various communication platforms to improve fathers' knowledge and perceptions about vasectomy as a family planning method.
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Rose Jane D. Romero, Pampanga State Agricultural University, Philippines
Angelo S. Zapatos, Pampanga State Agricultural University, Philippines
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Conference: MediAsia2023
Stream: Social Media and Communication Technology
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Romero R., & Zapatos A. (2023) Health Beliefs of Fathers on Vasectomy as Influenced by Social Media ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2023.16
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2023.16
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