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- Title
Effectiveness of Post-Abortion Family Planning Counseling Program on Nurses-Midwives' Knowledge in Middle Euphrates Maternity Hospitals.
- Authors
Seger, Hadeel Rasheed; Abbas, Iqbal Majeed; Hamad, Inas Taha A.
- Abstract
Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of post-abortion family planning counseling program on nurses-midwives' knowledge and to predict the variables which may effect on their knowledge. A quasi experimental study was conducted from 23th April 2017 to 14th March 2018 in three governorates where reside in the Middle Euphrates of Iraq: (Holy Karbala, Al - Najef and Babylon) on nurses and midwives who work at maternity hospitals. A probability sample was used to select 122 nurses and midwives, (60) of them for study group and (62) for control group. The results of study indicated that nurses - midwives' knowledge assessment before the implementation of program for both study and control groups was low related to post abortion family planning counseling. There were high significant differences in participants' knowledge at pretest and posttest for study group which exposed to program implementing. Educational level was effect on their knowledge for both groups. The study findings showed that program had been an effective method of increasing the nurses - midwives' knowledge about post abortion family planning counseling. An educational level variable was significant effect on nurses - midwives' knowledge for both groups, while social status was effecting on nurses - midwives' knowledge for only study group.
- Subjects
POST-abortion syndrome; WOMEN'S hospitals; FAMILY planning
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 10, p643
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01206.8