The Use of Counseling Standards in a Fertility Health Program from the Perspective of Clients
Background: Using counseling standards by fertility health counselors is necessary in achieving the goals of every fertility health and family planning program. The current study investigated the implementation of counseling standards by counselors from the viewpoint of fertility health clients in I...
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Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Ziba Farajzadegan Niloufar Ashtari Leila Manzouri Amir Loghmani |
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| description | Background: Using counseling standards by fertility health counselors is necessary in achieving the goals of every fertility health and family planning program. The current study investigated the implementation of counseling standards by counselors from the viewpoint of fertility health clients in Isfahan, Iran during 2011.
Methods: This study was conducted on 236 randomly-selected clients of the fertility health program in 20 counseling centers in Isfahan. The counseling standard questionnaire (designed based on a checklist provided by the Iranian Ministry of Health) was used to collect data. Statistical analyses were performed using analysis of variance, chi-square test, and t-tests in SPSS16.
Findings: Most clients ranked verbal and non-verbal communication, counseling conditions, selection of contraceptive method, and describing the importance of fertility health as satisfactory. In contrast, correcting the wrong beliefs of clients about the contraceptive methods and helping them choose the right decision were less satisfactory according to the standards.
Conclusion: The use of counseling standards in the studied health fertility program was mostly ranked as satisfactory. Nevertheless, improvement of some qualitative domains of counseling seems necessary.
Keywords: Fertility health program, Family planning program, Clients, Fertility health counseling standards |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b27af6b94f24410bca129d3016679192023-09-03T09:26:20ZfasIsfahan University of Medical Sciencesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان1027-75951735-854X2013-02-0130217215021591225The Use of Counseling Standards in a Fertility Health Program from the Perspective of ClientsZiba Farajzadegan0Niloufar Ashtari1Leila Manzouri2Amir Loghmani3Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranStudent of Medicine, School of Medicine AND Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranSpecialist in Community Medicine, Fertility Health and Family Planning Unit, Provincial Health Center, Isfahan, IranResident, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine AND Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranBackground: Using counseling standards by fertility health counselors is necessary in achieving the goals of every fertility health and family planning program. The current study investigated the implementation of counseling standards by counselors from the viewpoint of fertility health clients in Isfahan, Iran during 2011. Methods: This study was conducted on 236 randomly-selected clients of the fertility health program in 20 counseling centers in Isfahan. The counseling standard questionnaire (designed based on a checklist provided by the Iranian Ministry of Health) was used to collect data. Statistical analyses were performed using analysis of variance, chi-square test, and t-tests in SPSS16. Findings: Most clients ranked verbal and non-verbal communication, counseling conditions, selection of contraceptive method, and describing the importance of fertility health as satisfactory. In contrast, correcting the wrong beliefs of clients about the contraceptive methods and helping them choose the right decision were less satisfactory according to the standards. Conclusion: The use of counseling standards in the studied health fertility program was mostly ranked as satisfactory. Nevertheless, improvement of some qualitative domains of counseling seems necessary. Keywords: Fertility health program, Family planning program, Clients, Fertility health counseling standardshttp://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/2206 |
| spellingShingle | Ziba Farajzadegan Niloufar Ashtari Leila Manzouri Amir Loghmani The Use of Counseling Standards in a Fertility Health Program from the Perspective of Clients مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان |
| title | The Use of Counseling Standards in a Fertility Health Program from the Perspective of Clients |
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