Adaptation of the Contraceptive Behavior Scale for Mexican Heterosexual Populations

Abstract

The Contraceptive Conduct Scale is a reliable assessment tool for Mexican men and women of reproductive age. This scale is potentially useful for health professionals to assess contraceptive behavior in heterosexual couples of reproductive age. Clinicians may use the tool to obtain information for development of strategies responding to sexual and reproductive health needs of both men and women.

Postpartum family planning attitudes among Turkish women: development of a reliable and valid scale

“…It is worth considering that the development of contraceptive methods has primarily focused on women’s needs, resulting in limited options for men (Arias et al. , 2018 ). As a result, it is possible that participants perceived Item 19 outside of gender norms, which contradicts the primary questioning purpose of the study and may have influenced their responses towards FP techniques.…”

“…It is crucial to use a scale appropriate for the social structure to evaluate the beliefs and attitudes that determine a person's health behaviours when deciding on the subject matter and delivery strategy of the counselling service to be offered during the postpartum period (Jaccard et al, 1996;Kongnyuy et al, 2007;Arias et al, 2018;Madrigal et al, 2019). The Health Belief Model (HBM) was the first theory developed specifically to explain health-related behaviours (Janz and Becker, 1984).…”