Gökçe Demir

A determinant for family planning attitudes and practices of men: marriage features

AimThis study was conducted to determine both the use of family planning methods among married men between the ages of 20 to 50 and some marriage characteristics affecting this use.MethodsThis was a descriptive and correlational study conducted in May and June 2014. The study sample included 375 males. The study data were collected using a survey form as well as the Family Planning Attitude Scale, Marital Adjustment Scale, and Marital Problem Solving Scale. The determinants of the Family Planning Attitude Scale were found using hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The risk factors for not using family planning were evaluated by logistic regression analysis.ResultsAccording to Model 2, to which family features were added, the male himself (β = −0.117) and his spouse (β = −0.154) either graduated from primary school or received no formal education. They lived in an extended family (β = −0.129), and an increasing desire for more children (β = −0.184) decreased the family planning attitude score. The risk factors for not using family planning were evaluated using logistic regression analysis. Accordingly, the risk for not consulting family planning services is increased by older age (OR: 1.037; CI: 1.010–1.064), desiring to have more than three children (OR: 1.279; CI: 1.01.038–1.575), and not having received information about family planning (OR: 1.871; CI: 1.145–3.057) (p < 0.05).ConclusionMarital adjustment is an important tool in making decisions about family planning. It is necessary to enable men to access to the correct information that will carry them to the relevant resources.

Assessment of Results of the Mammography Screenings among Women Older than 40 Years in a Residential Area

Objective: This study was conducted in order to determine the breast cancer risk levels among women older than 40, gain the habit of having a mammography which is one of the early screening programs, direct women to mammography, and assess the mammography results. Methods: The study was conducted on female patients older than 40, who were hospitalized in the services of a research and training hospital between 1 February and 1 June 2014, and their relatives (n=409). Appointments were received from Kirsehir Early Diagnosis, Screening, and Training Center for women who completed the data collection form and breast cancer risk assessment form and they were guided in having mammography. Results: As a result of the mammography screening; while normal breast tissues were determined in 42.5% of the women, nodular lumps were determined in 21.8%. Breast cancer risk scores were observed to be higher in women who had personal history of breast cancer and a history of breast cancer in their mothers, had no children, menstruated before the age of 11, had a fat body structure, were in the high risk group according to the breast cancer risk. Discussion: Early diagnosis in breast cancer could be possible through training and informing women on this issue and applying the screening programs. In this study, many women were screened by using mammography, which is a cheap, easily applicable, and easily accessible screening method, and the risk factors were determined.