Knowledge and attitudes towards premarital counselling and examination.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc
; 64(1-2): 1-15, 1989.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: Premarital counseling and examination have begun to play a very important role in the management of many genetic disorders. 600 villagers knowledge and attitudes toward premarital counseling and examination in Menofia Governorate, Egypt was studied in order to predict the community acceptance and behavior toward utilization of such service. The results showed a big lack of knowledge even among educated respondents about the term. The main source of information was mass media followed by medical personnel who should be more involved in this service. Most respondents, except those unmarried males, have a favorable attitude toward both premarital counseling and examination of consanguineous marriage. This may be related to certain social changes in village life such as declining illiteracy, increased economic pressures, increase in the number of nuclear families, and a subsequent delay in beginning a family. It was unlikely that noncontraceptive users would resort to induced abortion instead of contraceptive methods. Educational programs should target: unmarried males so that their attitude towards premarital counseling and examination can be altered to change direction; unmarried females in order to deter them from consanguineous marriage; and noncontraceptive users to make them choose safe contraceptive methods rather than induced abortion.
Palabras clave
Abortion, Induced; Africa; Age Distribution; Age Factors; Arab Countries; Attitude; Behavior; Biology; Clinic Activities; Community Surveys; Consanguinity; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Counseling; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Education; Egypt; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Genetic Counseling; Genetics; Knowledge; Marital Status; Mediterranean Countries; Northern Africa; Nuptiality; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Program Activities; Programs; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Sex Factors; Studies; Surveys
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Exámenes Prenupciales
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Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Educación en Salud
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Consejo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Egypt Public Health Assoc
Año:
1989
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos