Attitudes of Married Women Towards Induced Abortion in Manisa
Introduction:This study was aimed at revealing attitudes of married women towards induced abortion.Methods:This study was descriptive and the study population included 64.382 married women aged 15-49 years in the city of Manisa. Three hundred and eighty-three women were selected from 11 “family heal...
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| description | Introduction:This study was aimed at revealing attitudes of married women towards induced abortion.Methods:This study was descriptive and the study population included 64.382 married women aged 15-49 years in the city of Manisa. Three hundred and eighty-three women were selected from 11 “family health care centers” by proportional stratified sampling. The data were collected using “Socio-demographic Information Form”, “Attitude Inventory of Induced Abortion” and “Knowledge of Induced Abortion Form”.Results:The participants had the highest rates of agreement with the items “induced abortion is a sin” and “induced abortion is a murder”. Multivariate analyses showed that women at an older age, women with higher education, women having a nuclear family, women with fewer living children, women with a previous induced abortion, women using a modern family planning method, women defining themselves as nullifidians or who did not fulfil religious rituals, and women having higher scores for knowledge of induced abortion had a more positive attitude towards induced abortion.Conclusion:The results of the study showed that the attitudes of women towards induced abortion were affected by religion, but that they had the enough flexibility to have a positive attitude when a medical or social necessity arose. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c0ff32e51c349c6856b3538493ed3432023-02-15T16:13:22ZengGalenos Yayineviİstanbul Medical Journal2619-97932148-094X2019-07-0120433033710.4274/imj.galenos.2019.3435613049054Attitudes of Married Women Towards Induced Abortion in ManisaDilek Özmen0Aynur Çakmakçı Çetinkaya1Seval Cambaz Ulaş2Nursen Bolsoy3 Manisa Celal Bayar University Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Public Health Nursing, Manisa, Turkey Manisa Celal Bayar University Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Public Health Nursing, Manisa, Turkey Manisa Celal Bayar University Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Midwifery, Manisa, Turkey Manisa Celal Bayar University Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Midwifery, Manisa, Turkey Introduction:This study was aimed at revealing attitudes of married women towards induced abortion.Methods:This study was descriptive and the study population included 64.382 married women aged 15-49 years in the city of Manisa. Three hundred and eighty-three women were selected from 11 “family health care centers” by proportional stratified sampling. The data were collected using “Socio-demographic Information Form”, “Attitude Inventory of Induced Abortion” and “Knowledge of Induced Abortion Form”.Results:The participants had the highest rates of agreement with the items “induced abortion is a sin” and “induced abortion is a murder”. Multivariate analyses showed that women at an older age, women with higher education, women having a nuclear family, women with fewer living children, women with a previous induced abortion, women using a modern family planning method, women defining themselves as nullifidians or who did not fulfil religious rituals, and women having higher scores for knowledge of induced abortion had a more positive attitude towards induced abortion.Conclusion:The results of the study showed that the attitudes of women towards induced abortion were affected by religion, but that they had the enough flexibility to have a positive attitude when a medical or social necessity arose. http://imj.galenos.com.tr/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/attitudes-of-married-women-towards-nduced-abortion/29848 Abortionmedical abortionwomen |
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| title | Attitudes of Married Women Towards Induced Abortion in Manisa |
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