The relationship between women's health literacy and traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period
This research was conducted to identify the relationship between traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period and health literacy. The research was performed as a correlational and descriptive study. The research population was comprised of 410 women who applied...
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| description | This research was conducted to identify the relationship between traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period and health literacy. The research was performed as a correlational and descriptive study. The research population was comprised of 410 women who applied to Sıtmapınarı and Sıtmapınarı No. 1 Family Heath Centers from 31 March 2018 to 2 June 2019 and were in the first six months of the postnatal period. The Participant Information Form and the Turkish Health Literacy Scale - 32 were used in the collection of research data. The research data were evaluated via percentages, arithmetic means, and the Pearson correlation analysis. In the research, it was found that almost all participant women used traditional practices about infant care whilst four-fifths of them employed traditional practices about breastfeeding. It was ascertained that the number of traditional practices used by the participant women in relation to infant had no statistically significant relationship with the means of scores obtained by the participant women from the overall Turkish Health Literacy Scale and its sub-scales (p>0.05). It was identified that the number of traditional practices used by the participant women in relation to breastfeeding had no statistically significant relationship with the means of scores obtained by them from the overall Turkish Health Literacy Scale and its ‘accessing information', ‘understanding information', ‘appraising information', ‘using/applying information', and ‘treatment and service' sub-scales (p>0.05) whilst it had a very weak statistically significant relationship with ‘protection from diseases and improvement of health' sub-scale (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(2.000): 554-60] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-129b9cb600734ecf955963c545c725672024-02-03T08:19:14ZengSociety of Turaz BilimMedicine Science2147-06342022-06-011125546010.5455/medscience.2021.09.300125969The relationship between women's health literacy and traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal periodSimge Ozturk0Sermin Ti̇mur Tashan1Universitesi, Hemşirelik Fakultesi, Doğum-Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, Turkiye Universitesi, Hemşirelik Fakultesi, Doğum-Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, TurkiyeThis research was conducted to identify the relationship between traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period and health literacy. The research was performed as a correlational and descriptive study. The research population was comprised of 410 women who applied to Sıtmapınarı and Sıtmapınarı No. 1 Family Heath Centers from 31 March 2018 to 2 June 2019 and were in the first six months of the postnatal period. The Participant Information Form and the Turkish Health Literacy Scale - 32 were used in the collection of research data. The research data were evaluated via percentages, arithmetic means, and the Pearson correlation analysis. In the research, it was found that almost all participant women used traditional practices about infant care whilst four-fifths of them employed traditional practices about breastfeeding. It was ascertained that the number of traditional practices used by the participant women in relation to infant had no statistically significant relationship with the means of scores obtained by the participant women from the overall Turkish Health Literacy Scale and its sub-scales (p>0.05). It was identified that the number of traditional practices used by the participant women in relation to breastfeeding had no statistically significant relationship with the means of scores obtained by them from the overall Turkish Health Literacy Scale and its ‘accessing information', ‘understanding information', ‘appraising information', ‘using/applying information', and ‘treatment and service' sub-scales (p>0.05) whilst it had a very weak statistically significant relationship with ‘protection from diseases and improvement of health' sub-scale (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(2.000): 554-60]http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=125969postnataltraditional practicehealth literacyinfant care |
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| title | The relationship between women's health literacy and traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period |
| title_full | The relationship between women's health literacy and traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period |
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| title_short | The relationship between women's health literacy and traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period |
| title_sort | relationship between women apos s health literacy and traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period |
| topic | postnatal traditional practice health literacy infant care |
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