Examining the Impact of Health Belief Model-Based Education on Reproductive Health and Family Planning Attitudes Among Married Women

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2, 165 - 174, 03.08.2024

Neşe Ataman Bor , Tülay Ortabağ

https://doi.org/10.48071/sbuhemsirelik.1478830

Öz

Introduction: Reproductive health services include maternal, child, and newborn health, family planning, fertility issues, and reproductive education, primarily benefiting women.
Aim: It was aimed to examine the effects of Health Belief Model based instruction on married women protective attitudes toward reproductive health.
Method: The study was designed as a quasi-experimental method with unequal groups for pre-test and posttest comparison. A total of 175 women, 35 in the experimental group, 70 in the control group-1, and 70 in the control group-2, who met the study criteria and were determined by a comprehensive power analysis, were included in the study. The pre-test data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Married Women’s Reproductive Health Attitudes Determination Scale, and the Family Planning Attitude Scale. Experimental group were given a 3-month group training structured according to the health belief model.
Results: Between-group differences were not statistically significant at baseline regarding mean knowledge and the constructs of the scales used (p > 0.05). After the training, it was determined that the Reproductive Health Attitudes Determination Scale and Family Planning Attitude Scale sub-dimensions and total scores of compared to the control groups, the experimental group had a significantly higher (p < 0.05). Similarly, it was noted that following the training, the experimental group's use of efficient family planning techniques and breast self-examination techniques increased noticeably (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results, training was determined to have been given had a positive effect on protective attitudes towards reproductive health.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Education, family planning, nursing, reproductive health

Sağlık İnanç Modeli Temelli Eğitimin Evli Kadınların Üreme Sağlığı ve Aile Planlaması Tutumları Üzerindeki Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Öz

Giriş: Üreme sağlığı, anne, çocuk ve yenidoğan sağlığı, aile planlaması, doğurganlık sorunları ve üreme eğitimi gibi çeşitli hizmetleri kapsamakta ve bu programların birincil yararlanıcıları kadınlar olmaktadır.
Amaç: Bu çalışmada, sağlık inanç modeli temelli eğitimin evli kadınların üreme sağlığına yönelik koruyucu tutumları üzerindeki etkisinin araştırılması amaçlandı.
Yöntem: Çalışma eşit olmayan gruplarda ön test-son test karşılaştırmalı, yarı deneysel olarak dizayn edildi. Araştırma kriterlerini karşılayan ve kapsamlı bir güç analizi ile belirlenen deney grubunda 35, kontrol grubu-1’de 70 ve kontrol grubu-2’de 70 olmak üzere toplam 175 kadın çalışmaya dahil edildi. Ön test verileri; Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Üreme Sağlığını Koruyucu Tutum Ölçeği ve Aile Planlaması Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı. Deney grubuna Sağlık İnanç Modeline göre yapılandırılmış üç aylık grup eğitimi verildi.
Bulgular: Başlangıçta, gruplar arasında kullanılan ölçeklerin ortalamaları arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi (p > 0,05). Eğitim sonrasında deney grubunun Üreme Sağlığını Koruyucu Tutum Ölçeği ve Aile Planlaması Tutum Ölçeği alt ölçek ve toplam puanlarının kontrol gruplarına kıyasla anlamlı derecede yüksek olduğu saptandı (p < 0,05). Benzer şekilde, eğitim sonrasında deney grubunun etkin aile planlaması tekniklerini ve kendi kendine meme muayenesi tekniklerini kullanımının belirgin şekilde arttığı görüldü (p < 0,05).
Sonuç: Sonuçlara göre, verilen eğitimin üreme sağlığına yönelik koruyucu tutumlar üzerinde olumlu etkisi olduğu belirlendi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Aile Planlaması, eğitim, hemşirelik, üreme sağlığı

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