Investigating The Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Of Nursing Students Regarding A Pre-Marital Program In Jeddah.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Premarital program (PMP) is a worldwide activity aiming to diagnose, treat unrecognized disorders, and reduce transmission of diseases to couples which may affect the quality of marriage and the health of future generations. It worth mentioned that none of the reviewed literature has addressed the knowledge ,attitude and practice of premarital program among nursing students in KSA.Nursing students as a future health care providers may encourage regular checkups or testing for people with a medical condition that runs in their family. The aim of our study is to investigate the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Nursing Students Regarding a Pre-marital Program in Jeddah. A quantitative cross-sectional design was used .The study sample accounted 160 nursing students. Non probability, convenient sampling technique was used .The study tool was devoleped by the researchers. The study questionnare consists of six parts: sociodemographic data of the students and their families, student's knowledge and attitude about the PMP, intention of engaged students towared PMP, experience toward PMP among married students. The mean age of the students was 21.34 years,majority of them in stream 1, However, about one quarter of them had family history of hereditary diseases,and about three quarter of them Knew about PMP and its availability in KSA. In additionthe total knowledge score of the partecipants regarding PMPshow that less than three quarter of the particepants(70%) have good knowledge while the rest of the studied sample (30%) have poor knowledge,the total attiude score regarding PMP shows that the majority (90%) of the studied sample have positive attiude while only (9%) of the studied sample have negative attitude, and those who have neutral attitude represent only (1%) of the sapmle.while most of engaged students had an intention to do PMPand all of married sutudents conduct PMP.Based on the result of the study we conclude that , Most of the participant had a good knowledge, attitude as well as good practice concerning PMP.Significant relation was observed between the knowledge and attitude of the students.No significant relation was observed between the educational level and occupation of the participant's parents and their attitud
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Ola Mamdouh Esheaba, Hanen Jamal Baowidan, Ghada Qasim Alshehri
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