Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students of Secondary Technical Girls School Towards Premarital Care. | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 22, Volume 11, Issue 40 - Serial Number 1, November 2023, Pages 265-276 PDF (1.26 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2024.249664.1715 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa K. Tohamy* 1; Hamida A. Abd El hafiz2; Reda R. Ali3 | ||
| 1Teacher at Technical Nursing School of Girls in Assuit, Directorate of Health, Assuit governorate, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit Uneversity, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit Uneversity, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: One of the most crucial approaches to preventing genetic diseases, congenital defects, and a number of medical and psychosocial marriage issues is premarital care. It may present a chance to act in response to the risk that has been discovered. Aim: Assess knowledge and Attitudes of nursing students of secondary school Technical girls’ school towards premarital care. Sample: Involved 190 students, they used as a convenient sample. Research design: Descriptive cross sectional research design. Setting: The study conducted at Assuit Nursing Secondary School Female Students at Al-Eman General Hospital in Assuit city. Tools: Two tools were used, self-administered questionnaire that involved two parts, and attitude scale regarding premarital care. Results: About 71.6%, 26.3%, and 2.1% of the studied nursing students had poor, average and good knowledge respectively, 92.1% and 7.9% of the studied nursing students had positive and negative attitude respectively, a highly statistical significant relationship between the studied nursing students’ total knowledge and attitude regarding premarital care at p-value< 0.01. Conclusions: Most of the studied nursing students had a poor knowledge and the majority of them had positive attitude regarding premarital care. Recommendation: arranging social worker-led counseling sessions in schools to educate students about premarital care. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Attitude; Knowledge; Premarital care; Nursing students & Secondary Technical girls | ||
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