Factors Affecting Acceptance of Vasectomy in Uttar Pradesh: Insights from Community-Based, Participatory Qualitative Research - Report 3

The RESPOND Project partners EngenderHealth and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU•CCP) are providing technical
assistance to the Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) to expand awareness of, acceptance
of, and access to no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) services.1 A participatory ethnographic
evaluation research (PEER) study was commissioned to understand the reasons for the low
prevalence of vasectomy in Uttar Pradesh and to contribute to developing an approach for
increasing demand for the procedure.