Effect of a Guideline on Awareness and Intention to Use Family Planning Methods Among Newly Married Women"
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Family planning defined as the practice that helps individuals or couples to attain certain objectives such as avoiding unwanted pregnancies, bringing about unwanted babies at the right time, regulating the interval between pregnancies, controlling the time at which birth occurs in relation to the ages of the parents and determining the number of children in the family Aim of this study: to assess the effect of an implemented guideline on awareness and intention to use family planning methods among newly married women through pretest and post-test and increase their knowledge about family planning methods through health education and a guideline Subjects and methods: A Descriptive cross sectional research design has been utilized in the present study. Sample: 300 participants were included in this study from two MCH centers, 150 participants were taken from each MCH center. A pre-evaluation was done on the knowledge about family planning using a structured interviewing questionnaire sheet. Then health education and booklet was given for participants, Post evaluation was done to test improvement of their awareness among the respondents after 3 months of intervention. Results: showed that there was a statistical significant difference in the respondent’s knowledge about different types of contraceptives after educational program (p≤0.001), and the majority of the participants change their opinions posttest regarding some methods after correction of their misconceptions inherited from others about F.P. (P< 0.05) Conclusion: health education method is effective in increasing the knowledge of women regarding family planning. there were a relation between participant's age, education and occupation with their level of knowledge. Level of knowledge is better among age group (20-25 yrs), university education and housewives. With high statistical significant difference at (P= 0.001). Recommendations: Premarital family planning counseling should concentrate on young age women, Further and in-depth research is required to understand the various social and cultural reasons for not using contraceptives. and Training programs about F.P for nurses and counselors and continuous updating of their information.
Authors and Affiliations
Magda Fawzy Hasab Allah, Manal Farouk Moustafa, Azaa Mohammed Hafez
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