Aspects That Hinder Integration Of Men In Reproductive Planning: An Integrative Review

Abstract

This study aimed to identify aspects that hinder the integration of men into reproductive planning activities. An integrative literature review was carried out in January 2017 in the databases LILACS, BD-ENF and PubMed using the keywords "family planning" and "men", considering the period from 2005 to 2016. Nine articles were found. According to data, there were five publications in 2014, the Portuguese language was predominant, with five articles, and all researches have level of evidence IV. After reading the articles in full-length, five aspects that hinder the participation of men in reproductive planning were detected: social construction of gender, inadequacy of health services, socio-cultural issues, fear of side effects and lack of professional qualification and/or commitment. The study led to conclude that further research is needed to increase the scientific evidence and consolidate references to professionals and to extant public policies regarding the participation of men in reproductive planning.