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The study of knowledge of gynecologists and midwives in kerman concerning the abortion rules and regulationis in 2008
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Abstract: (20505 Views) |
| Background & Aim: Abortion has always been a controversial issue and all the religions and humanistic and medical communities have been apposed to it. The effect of illegal abortion is one of the most common of admitting to bed in developing countries. W.H.O estimates that the one eight of pregnancy death is just because of illegal abortion effects. Lack of knowledge of the medical team about the abortion regulations and rules can endanger the pregnant mothers life and also make some problems for medical communities.
Materials & Methods: This study is a cross sectional study and all 143 gynecologists and midwives of Kerman have been evaluated by considering the knowledge level of rules and regulation of abortion. The questionnaire has been used in order to collect all data. After completion, the SPSS soft were has been used for analyzing data, the K & test and Fischer exact test have has been used for assumptions test.
Findings: From the total number of 143, 14% were Gynecologists and 86% were midwives. The average age of Them were 33.5±6.4 and 44% employed in the universities and 56% employed in other places. 15.4% of them had an average level of knowledge and 84.6% had an acceptable level of knowledge. There is meaningful relationship between the academic study and level of knowledge and also between the job status and the level of knowledge.
Conclusion: According to the research, it has been distinguished that the level of knowledge increases as the level of education increases, so it is very necessary to pay a special attention to the education of the midwives group and also to have more of the authorities in private centers. Having retraining and education workshops concerning the issue, increase the level of knowledge as well as the healthiness of pregnant women communities. |
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| Keywords: Knowledge, Gynecologist, Abortion, Rules, Kerman |
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Type of Article: Research Article |
Received: 2010/05/18 | Revised: 2010/05/23 | Accepted: 2020/06/10 | ePublished: 2020/06/10
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