Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases
Introduction: To determine the level of knowledge about Family Planning (FP) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in the first and sixth grade students of Atatürk University Medical Faculty.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the academic year of 2014-2015 and the u...
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| author | Elif Okşan Çalıkoğlu Banu Bedir Sinan Yılmaz Ayşegül Aydın |
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| description | Introduction: To determine the level of knowledge about Family
Planning (FP) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in the first and sixth
grade students of Atatürk University Medical Faculty.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was
carried out in the academic year of 2014-2015 and the universe constitutes
first and last year students of the Faculty of Medicine. Participation in the
survey was 76%. A questionnaire form prepared in accordance with the literature
and pre-tested and the students was applied with face-to-face interview
technique. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics and chi-square
test were used.Results: The average age of the students is 21.9 ± 2.9.
48.5% of the students are girls, 51.5% are males, 60.2% are first class and
39.8% are in last grade. 11,8% of first-year students and 29,5% of last-year
students correctly stated the AP definition. 40% of first-year students and
68.2% of last-year students said they had information about STDs.
Conclusion: There was a significant difference between the
first and last classes in terms of the knowledge of FP definition and level of
knowledge about STDs. It has been determined that the information resources of
students about FP and STD are frequently health personnel and internet. It is
important for medical faculty students to have more FP and STD issues in their
education curriculum, to be able to overcome possible problems and to be
helpful for the community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-829c6b2153724bc88054ba4e4004c1d32024-03-26T08:15:57ZengSERNEVFamily Practice and Palliative Care2459-15052017-08-0122121710.22391/920.321473544Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseasesElif Okşan Çalıkoğlu0Banu Bedir1Sinan Yılmaz2Ayşegül Aydın3ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, HALK SAĞLIĞI ANABİLİM DALIATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, HALK SAĞLIĞI ANABİLİM DALIATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, HALK SAĞLIĞI ANABİLİM DALIATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, HALK SAĞLIĞI ANABİLİM DALIIntroduction: To determine the level of knowledge about Family Planning (FP) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in the first and sixth grade students of Atatürk University Medical Faculty.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the academic year of 2014-2015 and the universe constitutes first and last year students of the Faculty of Medicine. Participation in the survey was 76%. A questionnaire form prepared in accordance with the literature and pre-tested and the students was applied with face-to-face interview technique. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics and chi-square test were used.Results: The average age of the students is 21.9 ± 2.9. 48.5% of the students are girls, 51.5% are males, 60.2% are first class and 39.8% are in last grade. 11,8% of first-year students and 29,5% of last-year students correctly stated the AP definition. 40% of first-year students and 68.2% of last-year students said they had information about STDs. Conclusion: There was a significant difference between the first and last classes in terms of the knowledge of FP definition and level of knowledge about STDs. It has been determined that the information resources of students about FP and STD are frequently health personnel and internet. It is important for medical faculty students to have more FP and STD issues in their education curriculum, to be able to overcome possible problems and to be helpful for the community.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/336028tıp fakültesiaile planlamasıcinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklartıp öğrencisimüfredatkontrasepsiyonsağlık bilgisimedical facultymedical studentcurriculumfamily planningcontraceptionsexually transmitted diseaseshealth knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Elif Okşan Çalıkoğlu Banu Bedir Sinan Yılmaz Ayşegül Aydın Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases Family Practice and Palliative Care tıp fakültesi aile planlaması cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklar tıp öğrencisi müfredat kontrasepsiyon sağlık bilgisi medical faculty medical student curriculum family planning contraception sexually transmitted diseases health knowledge |
| title | Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases |
| title_full | Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases |
| title_fullStr | Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases |
| title_short | Health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases |
| title_sort | health knowledge of medical students about family planning and sexually transmitted diseases |
| topic | tıp fakültesi aile planlaması cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklar tıp öğrencisi müfredat kontrasepsiyon sağlık bilgisi medical faculty medical student curriculum family planning contraception sexually transmitted diseases health knowledge |
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