Survey on health status and medical care seeking behavior among men with vasoligation in Yunnan province

Objective To study the health status and medical care seeking behavior among the men with vasoligation for the promotion of vasectomy.Methods The sample of 3.246 men with vasoligation was randomly chosen bystratified cluster sampling method and was sureyed by self made questionnaire.The data were analyzed with Spss12.0 statistical pack age.Results 80.5% of the subjects had good self rated health and 19.5% reported not in good health status.31.6% of the subjects did not seek medical careor took medicine by them selves when having health problems.In the subject,5.7% of medical care seekers selected hospitals atcity or county level,12% selected country side clinics and 50.5% selected family planning clinics.Conclusion The men with vasoligation gene rally had good health status but the poor utilizaion of medical service.