Knowledge and Practices of Preventive Sexual and Reproductive Health Behaviours Among Male Civil Servants in Southwestern Nigeria

Men’s leading trend in risky sexual practices and non-utilization of screening services has been associated with their perceived risk of sexually transmitted infections. This study assessed the preventive sexual and reproductive health knowledge, perception and practice of men in the southwestern Nigeria. This was a descriptive cross-sectional that used a four-stage sampling technique to select 272 male civil servants still in service and randomly selected across 14 Ministries in Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan, located in the Southwest of Nigeria. A pre-tested semi-structured self-administered questionnaire, which contained a 18–point knowledge scale, 26–point perception scale and 12–point practice scale were used for data collection and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test at p=0.05. Respondents’ age was 38.0 ± 9.4 years. The respondents’ knowledge was fair but perception and practice of preventive sexual and reproductive health behaviours were poor. There was significant relationship between the age, cadre of the respondents and the knowledge of preventive sexual and reproductive health behaviour but there was no significant relationship between knowledge and perception. Health promotion and education strategies to promote good preventive sexual and reproductive health practices should be designed for the men.