Effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period
Amin Ali Gaafar, H., Elahmady Mohamed Sarhan, A., Abdalla Moursi, H. (2021). Effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period. EKB Journal Management System, 12(2), 165-175. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.149082
Hanan Amin Ali Gaafar; Ahlam Elahmady Mohamed Sarhan; Huda Abdalla Moursi. "Effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 2, 2021, 165-175. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.149082
Amin Ali Gaafar, H., Elahmady Mohamed Sarhan, A., Abdalla Moursi, H. (2021). 'Effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period', EKB Journal Management System, 12(2), pp. 165-175. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.149082
Amin Ali Gaafar, H., Elahmady Mohamed Sarhan, A., Abdalla Moursi, H. Effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 12(2): 165-175. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.149082

Effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 9, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Page 165-175  XML PDF (565.92 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.149082
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Authors
Hanan Amin Ali Gaafar1; Ahlam Elahmady Mohamed Sarhan2; Huda Abdalla Moursi3
1lecturer of Obstetrics and Woman Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
2Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore effect of young rural women’s general characteristics on their
knowledge and compliance with healthy practices during postpartum period Research design: A
descriptive study design was utilized. Setting: This study was conducted in Obstetrics
&Gynecological outpatient clinic at Benha University Hospital. Sample: A simple random sample
included 183 postpartum women Tools of data collection 1) a structured interviewing sheet to
collect data about general characteristics and knowledge of women regarding healthy practices
during postpartum period 2) self-reported measures to assess women's compliance with healthy
practices during postpartum period .Results: 43.17% of studied women aged from 23 to 25 years
with the mean age 22.248 ±1.794. Also 89.86% of studied women had incorrect total knowledge
score about postpartum care, 99.28% of them not compliance with health practices about
postpartum care. Conclusion: it can be concluded that around the most of studied women had poor
knowledge about postpartum care and the majority of them not compliance with health practices
about postpartum care. Reveals that, statistically significant relation between general characteristics
of young rural women, total knowledge and total practices score toward postpartum care. Also there
was a positive highly significant relation between total knowledge score and total practices score.
Recommendation: Designing and implementing guidelines, brochure among pregnant women
during third trimester and women during postpartum period to raising awareness about the care
during postpartum period. Implementing counseling session to enhance women to seek antenatal,
labour and postpartum health services.
Keywords
Young rural women; general characteristics; postpartum care
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