Effect of counselling-based program on technical nursing students’ perception regarding reproductive health | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 1906-1922 PDF (567.88 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.272612 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Nageya Ezzat Said; Wafaa Gomaa | ||||
| Lecturer of Maternity & Neonatal Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Premarital counseling (PMC) is vital element in health sector strategies for helping couples to learn skills about better understanding of marriage, improving social relationship as well as health of both couples and their coming children, educating university students about premarital issues is a key event needed for reducing the high health hazards in the society. Aim: evaluate the effectiveness of counselling-based program on females’ knowledge and attitude regarding reproductive health. Methods: a quasi-experimental (pre-posttest,) design was used. The study was conducted at technical institute of nursing of Ain shams University. A purposive sample of 245 female students were included in the study. Data were collected through two tools. A structured interviewing questionnaire is divided into two parts to include sociodemographic data, students’ knowledge regarding premarital counselling and reproductive health, And Female students’ attitude regarding PMC Likert scale Results: It revealed 60% of them age ranged from 16 to 17 years reveals that 73.5% of female student have positive attitude regarding their premarital care post program implementation. While 41.2% of female student have negative attitude regarding their premarital care pre-program implementation Conclusion: there was a highly statistically significant improvement in knowledge scores as well as positive attitude scores among female students regarding premarital counselling after implementing counselling-based program, also the current study revealed statistical significance difference between total score of knowledge and total score of attitudes with positive correlation between the post intervention. The study recommended Premarital counseling should be added into the nursing curriculum to prepare students for marriage | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Premarital; reproductive health; program-based counselling; technical nursing students | ||||
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