Iranian mothers’ needs for reproductive health education of their adolescent daughters: a qualitative study

Author(s):  
Shahrbanoo Salehin ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar ◽  
Zohre Keshavarz ◽  
Malihe Nasiri

AbstractIntroductionIn order to be effective in discussing high-risk sexual behaviors with adolescents, mothers need to be educated about their adolescent daughters’ sexual issues. As no detailed and exact knowledge on mothers’ educational needs concerning adolescent girls’ reproductive health is available, the current study was intended to investigate mothers’ educational needs concerning their adolescent daughters’ reproductive health.Materials and methodsThis research was a qualitative content analysis. Purposive sampling was performed to the saturation point. The samples included 26 mothers and 14 key informants. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Data authenticity was verified based on Lincoln and Guba’s criteria and data analysis was conducted using conventional content analysis with MAXQDA10 software.FindingsIn this study, three themes and 13 main categories, each with a number of subcategories were extracted. The themes and main categories included: “appropriate educational content (reproductive health, sexual health, general health, psychological health, family health, social health and spiritual health)”, “characteristics of the educator (communicative skill, cognitive skill and moral competence)”, and “effective factors in learning (teaching method, learning conditions and environment, and the learner’s readiness)”.ConclusionsThe results demonstrated that mothers need to be informed about sexual, reproductive, general, psychological, family, social and spiritual health in adolescent girls. Consequently, the results can help the healthcare authorities to implement need-based programs and boost the effectiveness of education about adolescent girls’ reproductive health for mothers.

Author(s):  
Zainab Alimoradi ◽  
Nourossadat Kariman ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar

AbstractBackgroundAdolescence is one of the most important stages in every individual’s life. Pubertal changes and acquiring reproduction capability require adolescents to perform special health care processes. Also the possibility of involvement in high-risk sexual behaviors endangers adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health.ObjectiveIncrease and deepen the understanding and knowledge of the factors affecting Iranian adolescent girls’ readiness to take care of their sexual and reproductive health.Materials and methodsThe present qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis method. The participants included 18 adolescents who were aged 13–19 years old, single, studying at high school, art school, or university and had no history of chronic medical or psychological diseases; further, most of them had the experience of menstruation. Purposive sampling was initiated and continued until data saturation. Data collection were performed using in-depth and unstructured interviews. Qualitative content analysis of the interviews was conducted simultaneously with data collection using the Graneheim and Lundman approach .MAXQDA 2010 software was used for storage, retrieval, and management of the data.FindingsPreparation for care was the main theme that emerged in this study along with 19 subcategories and four main categories, including desirable interaction between families and adolescents, readiness for puberty and menstruation, life skills and spiritual self-monitoring.ConclusionThe education and health care systems’ authorities of the country can exploit the results of this study for making policies and interventions expedient to the society’s cultural conditions in order to improve the reproductive and sexual self-care status of adolescents’ girls.


Author(s):  
Shahrbanoo Salehin ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar ◽  
Zohre Keshavarz ◽  
Malihe Nasiri

AbstractObjectivesParents are challenged to provide the required information about reproductive issues for their adolescents. The study aims to explain women’s perception of the necessity of education about adolescent girls, reproductive health to mothers.MethodsThis research is a qualitative content analysis. Sampling was performed using purposeful sampling to saturation of data. The study sample included 26 mothers and 14 key informants. To collect data, semi-structured interviewing was used. Data trustworthiness was verified based on Lincoln and Guba’s criteria and the data was analyzed using conventional content analysis with MAXQDA10 software.ResultsFour themes and 13 main categories each with some subcategories were extracted in this research. The themes and categories included: “risky social-environmental factors (existence of inappropriate educational resources, a challenge between tradition and modernity in the society, social harms, and educational barriers)”, weakness in awareness, attitude, and family relationships (mother's limited awareness, mother's negative attitude, improper interaction between the parents and the adolescent in the family, and lack of discussion about sexual and reproductive matters in the family), problems associated with sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls (puberty changes, insufficient perception, and understanding of the process of puberty and harms arising from early education), and high-risk behaviors of adolescents and their consequences (the adolescent's maladaptive behaviors and their outcomes).ConclusionThe results of this research necessitate education of adolescent girls' reproductive health to mothers.


2016 ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Isabelle Giroux ◽  
Francine Ferland ◽  
Cathy Savard ◽  
Christian Jacques ◽  
Priscilla Brochu ◽  
...  

Gambling habits of people aged 55 years and over without gambling problems are rarely being investigated. In order to document life events and to identify the impacts of gambling on quality of life, 19 participants aged 55 to 74 years without gambling problems, male and female, were assembled in three focus groups. Qualitative content analysis of the groups reveals changes in gambling habits associated with transition to retirement and occurrence of health problems. The content analysis further reveals a variety of positive and negative consequences of gambling habits on finances, hobbies, social relationships, and psychological health. Although the focus groups did not target the structural or environmental characteristics of gambling that influence participants' gambling habits, those themes were brought up spontaneously. Results highlight the necessity to study life events from a larger perspective including, for example, protective and risk factors, in order to better understand the life contexts and the individual characteristics that may lead to an alteration or not of gambling habits.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azita Jaberi ◽  
Marzieh Momennasab ◽  
MohammadAli Cheraghi ◽  
Shahrzad Yektatalab ◽  
Abbas Ebadi

Author(s):  
S. Sindhu ◽  
C. C. Linson

The adolescent stage of life marks the transition from childhood to maturity. These are the formative years, when the most physical, psychological, and behavioural changes occur. The primary goal of the current study was to examine the effects of PTP on knowledge of sex education among teenage females. The study's objectives are to examine adolescent girls' awareness of specific elements of sex. To create and carry out a structured teaching programme on certain parts of sex education for teenage females. To assess the efficacy of the intended educational programme. To determine the relationship between pre-test knowledge scores and specified demographic characteristics. The study used an evaluative research technique with a one-group pretest-post-test design. The study's sample size was set at 50 teenage females. The study's sample approach was simple random sampling, which is a sort of probability sampling. A standardised questionnaire on sex education knowledge was utilised to collect pertinent data. Following the administration of PTP, there was a noticeable rise in knowledge scores in all categories considered in the research. Thus, it was proved that PTP was effective teaching method for creating awareness on importance of sex education and STI, STD and HIV/ AIDS transmission and focusing the reproductive health hazards like preventing sexual violence among youths.


2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 573-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Khankeh ◽  
Maryam Nakhaei ◽  
Gholamreza Masoumi ◽  
Mohammadali Hosseini ◽  
Zohreh Parsa-Yekta ◽  
...  

AbstractIntroductionPlanned and organized long-term rehabilitation services should be provided to victims of a disaster for social integration, economic self-sufficiency, and psychological health. There are few studies on recovery and rehabilitation issues in disaster situations. This study explores the disaster-related rehabilitation process.MethodThis study was based on qualitative analysis. Participants included 18 individuals (eight male and ten female) with experience providing or receiving disaster health care or services. Participants were selected using purposeful sampling. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews. All interviews were transcribed and content analysis was performed based on qualitative content analysis.ResultsThe study explored three main concepts of recovery and rehabilitation after a disaster: 1) needs for health recovery; 2) intent to delegate responsibility; and 3) desire for a wide scope of social support. The participants of this study indicated that to provide comprehensive recovery services, important basic needs should be considered, including the need for physical rehabilitation, social rehabilitation, and livelihood health; the need for continuity of mental health care; and the need for family re-unification services. Providing social activation can help reintegrate affected people into the community.ConclusionEffective rehabilitation care for disaster victims requires a clear definition of the rehabilitation process at different levels of the community. Involving a wide set of those most likely to be affected by the process provides a comprehensive, continuous, culturally sensitive, and family-centered plan.KhankehH, NakhaeiM, MasoumiG, HosseiniM, Parsa-YektaZ, KurlandL, CastrenM. Life recovery after disasters: a qualitative study in the Iranian context. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2013;28(6):573-579.


Author(s):  
Maryam Bagheri ◽  
Mina Jafarabadi ◽  
Seyedeh Fatemeh Vasegh Rahimparvar ◽  
Ahmad Ali Nourbala ◽  
Zahra Behboodi Moghadam

Objective: Women with premature ovarian insufficiency, menopause, gonadal dysgenesis, and genetic disorders as well as those with a history of recurrent in vitro fertilization failure may benefit from the assisted fertility techniques. These women experience concerns that directly affect their married life especially in egg donation treatment. This study was conducted to investigate the reproductive health concerns of infertile women who were candidates for egg donation. Materials and methods: This qualitative content analysis was conducted in 17 infertile women who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital Infertility Clinic from July 2018 to March 2019. The participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Data were collected through individual in-depth semistructured interviews. A conventional qualitative content analysis approach was adopted for data analysis using the MAXQDA12 software. Results: The results of data analysis showed five themes, including threatened married life, lack of supportive situation, religious beliefs, psychosocial damage, and damaged feminine identity. Conclusion: Infertility is usually accompanied by a great psychological sadness referred to as "stress of infertility". Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are also a source of stress for patients; therefore, it has a significant impact on the marital relationship and mental health of infertile women. Hence, there is a need for psychological support from the treatment team to reduce woman reproductive health concerns.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elahe mousavi ◽  
Behzad Imani

Abstract Background The concept of patient safety is an essential component of health care systems and is one of the key pillars of quality in health care organizations. One of the most important factors related to the safety of patients is the spiritual health of staff and patients. Accordingly, this study strived to explain the status of patient safety culture and its relationship with spiritual health from the perspective of health care providers in teaching hospitals of Hamadan.Methods This study was a qualitative content analysis study with a conventional approach using semi-structured open-ended interviews with samples selected by purposeful sampling technique to achieve data saturation. The proposed method of Granheim and Landman (2004) was also used for the qualitative content analysis of the data.Results In this study, 5 themes and 11 sub-themes were obtained from the participants' experiences. These included: continuous and dynamic training and upgrading of safety skills, attention to spirituality and conscientiousness and work commitment, effective communication and teamwork, equipping human and logistical resources based on the principle of care, accurate recognition of instructions, and error control.Conclusions The evaluation of safety culture clarifies the perceptions of safety participants in the organization and the attitude of managers and employees towards safety issue which can lead to the development of safety culture and quality improvement.


2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosein Ajam Zibad ◽  
Mahshid Foroughan ◽  
Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi ◽  
Hassan Rafiey ◽  
Maryam Rassouli

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