Awareness and attitude of university students regarding premarital counseling and examination | ||||
| Trends in Nursing and Health Care Journal | ||||
| Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2021, Page 18-43 PDF (624.11 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tnhcj.2021.247526 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Premarital counseling generally refers to a process designed to enhance premarital relationships leading to stable marriages and to more satisfaction. Aim: study aimed to assess University student’s awareness regarding premarital counseling and examinations. Study design: Descriptive design was conducted in this study. Study sample: A total of 400 students from Suez Canal University at level four from diversity of faculties. Tools: two tool was used (Self-administered Structured Questionnaire, Likert scale) to assess studied student’s awareness and attitude regarding premarital Counseling and examination. Results: more than half of studied students (60.5%) aware about premarital Counseling. Meanwhile about three quarter of the studied students (74.5) had positive attitude. No significant relation between scores of student's knowledge about premarital examination and socio demographic characteristics of studied students, however female significantly had adequate knowledge regarding premarital examination. Clinical colleges had significantly higher percentage of satisfactory knowledge (90.4%) than theoretical colleges (81.25%). Conclusion: The majority of studied students had satisfactory knowledge regarding premarital examination, and had satisfactory knowledge about its importance and examination. Positive attitude was found among majority of studied students .Female students were more oriented about PMC rather than males. Recommendation: developing educational programs to raise awareness of males and families about PMC in universities. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| premarital counseling; awareness. Knowledge and attitude | ||||
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