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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-0011</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev.fac.med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-0011</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-00112023000100002</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/revfacmed.v71n1.95436</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Vasectomy: knowledge, perception and acceptance by medical students in Latin America]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Vasectomia : conocimientos, percepción y aceptación por parte de estudiantes de medicina en América Latina]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prieto-Campos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pierángely]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montiel-Alfonso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Ángel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nati-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Humberto Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Araya-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alex Benjamín]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz Marqués de]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escudero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Florisel del Carmen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mera-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ronny Richard]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palazuelos-Guzmán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ideli]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rosales-Trujillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Botia-Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Néstor Ricardo]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Surcolombiana Faculty of Health Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Neiva ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asuncion ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Faculty of Health Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Católica del Norte Faculty of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coquimbo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
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<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Sao Paulo School of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Columbus University Faculty of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Panama ]]></addr-line>
<country>Panama</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica de Manabí School of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Portoviejo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af8">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Franz Tamayo Faculty of Health Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Paz ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bolivia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af9">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tapachula ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A10">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Urology]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Armenia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>71</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-00112023000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-00112023000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-00112023000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Medical students play an important role in achieving sexual and reproductive health outcomes, including a greater participation of men in family planning.  Objective: To describe the level of knowledge, perception, and acceptance of vasectomy in a sample of Latin American medical students (i.e., whether they would recommend this procedure to their patients, and in the case of male students, whether they would undergo it at some point in their lives) in a sample of Latin American medical students.  Materials and methods: Multicenter, cross-sectional, analytical study conducted in November 2020 in 2 676 medical students (1st-7th year) from 8 Latin American countries. Data were collected using a questionnaire validated in each country and completed in Google Forms. The chi-square test of independence was used to determine differences in study variables (knowledge, perception, and acceptance) for each established subgroup, with a significance level of p&lt;0.05.  Results: The level of knowledge was high and medium in 55.38% and 36.32% of participants, respectively. The country with the highest ratio of students with a high level of knowledge was Mexico (77.31%) and the one with the lowest ratio was Brazil (3.33%). Regarding perception, 96.97% of the students considered that vasectomy does not affect masculinity and 98.99% that contraception is also the responsibility of men. With respect to acceptance, 94.02% would recommend the procedure, but only 69.82% of men (n=759) would undergo it.  Conclusions: Most participants have a good level of knowledge, good perception, and a good level of acceptance of the procedure. However, it is necessary to implement more training strategies that allow them to promote the use of vasectomy as a family planning alternative in their professional life.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción. Los estudiantes de medicina desempeñan un rol importante en el logro de resultados en salud sexual y reproductiva, incluyendo una mayor participación de los hombres en la planificación familiar.  Objetivo. Describir el nivel de conocimientos, la percepción y el nivel de aceptación de la vasectomia (i.e. sí la recomendarían a sus pacientes y, en el caso de los hombres, sí se la realizarían en algún momento de su vida) en una muestra de estudiantes de medicina latinoamericanos.  Materiales y métodos. Estudio multicéntrico, transversal analítico realizado en noviembre de 2020 en 2 676 estudiantes de medicina (1er-7mo año) de 8 países latinoamericanos. Los datos se recolectaron mediante un cuestionario validado en cada país y diligenciado mediante Google Forms. Se utilizó la prueba de chi-cuadrado de independencia para determinar las diferencias en las variables de estudio (nivel de conocimientos, percepción y nivel de aceptación) para cada subgrupo establecido, con un nivel de significancia de p&lt;0.05.  Resultados. El nivel de conocimientos fue alto y medio en 55.38% y 36.32% de los participantes, respectivamente. El país con mayor proporción de estudiantes con alto nivel de conocimientos fue México (77.31%) y el de menor proporción, Brasil (3.33%). Respecto a la percepción, 96.97% de los estudiantes consideró que la vasectomía no afecta la masculinidad y 98.99% que la anticoncepción también es responsabilidad del hombre. En cuanto a la aceptación, el 94.02% recomendaría el procedimiento, pero solo el 69.82% de los varones (n=759) se la realizaría.  Conclusiones. La mayoría de los participantes tiene un buen nivel de conocimientos, buena percepción y un buen nivel de aceptación del procedimiento. No obstante, es necesario implementar más estrategias de capacitación que les permitan promover el uso de la vasectomía como alternativa de planificación familiar en su vida profesional.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vasectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Family Planning Services]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Latin America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Students, Medical (MeSH)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vasectomia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Planificación Familiar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[América Latina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estudiantes de Medicina (DeCS)]]></kwd>
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