Effect of training program given to the students upon family planning attitudes: a semi-experimental study Öğrencilere uygulanan eğitiminin aile planlaması tutumuna etkisi: yarı deneysel bir çalışma

Öz Purpose: Family planning is an effective strategy to minimize maternal mortality, child death, miscarriages and unintended pregnancies. Nursing students, the future’s health personnel, should have sufficient knowledge and a positive attitude towards family planning services. This study was undertaken to examine the effect of training program given to the nursing students upon family planning attitudes. Materials and Methods: The study, with a control group and semi-experimental design, was done at a university located in southern Turkiye. The sample of the study was consisted of 100 students, 50 students assigned to the experimental group and another 50 students to the control group. The experimental group students received weekly a two-hour family planning training for 10 weeks (except for the 1st and 10th weeks). The control group received no training. “Information Request Form” -which included students’ socio-demographic aspectsand “Family Planning Attitude Scale” was administered to the participants in the experimental and control groups in the 1st week and last weekwere used. Results: Following the family planning training, the experimental group students’ family planning attitude scores went up and this rise was found to statistically be significant. In the study, it was concluded that training intervention affected students’ family planning attitudes positively. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for behavior change interventions so that a positive attitude change towards family planning can be achieved among students. Amaç: Aile planlaması anne ölümlerini, çocuk ölümlerini, düşükleri ve istenmeyen gebelikleri azaltmak için etkili bir stratejidir. Geleceğin sağlık personeli olacak olan hemşirelik öğrencileri, aile planlaması hizmetleri hakkında yeterli bilgi ve olumlu tutuma sahip olmalıdır. Bu çalışma öğrenci hemşirelere uygulanan eğitimin AP tutumlarına etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel olarak yapılan çalışma Türkiye’nin güneyinde yer alan bir üniversitede gerçekleşti. Çalışmanın örneklemini deney grubu (50 öğrenci) ve kontrol grubu (50 öğrenci) olmak üzere toplam 100 öğrenci oluşturdu. Deney grubu öğrencilere 10 hafta boyunca (ilk ve son haftalar hariç) haftada 2 saat aile planlaması eğitimi verildi. Kontrol grubuna eğitim verilmedi. Öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özelliklerinin yer aldığı “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve “Aile Planlaması Tutum Ölçeği”, ilk ve son haftada olmak üzere deney ve kontrol gruplarına iki kez uygulandı. Bulgular: Aile planlaması eğitim müdahalesi sonrasında deney grubu öğrencilerinin aile planlaması tutum puanları artış gösterdi ve bu artış istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulundu. Çalışmada eğitim müdahalesinin öğrencilerin AP tutumlarını olumlu yönde etkilediği sonucuna ulaşıldı. Sonuç: Öğrencilerde aile planlamasına yönelik olumlu tutum değişimi sağlamak için davranış değişikliği müdahalelerine acilen ihtiyaç vardır.

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