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Effect of Vasectomy Counselling Program on Women's Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance.

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Vasectomy is a safe and permanent method of contraception. However, it is not widely used in developing countries. Aim of the study: To assess the effect of vasectomy counselling program on women‘s knowledge, attitude and acceptance. Design: A quasi – experimental one group pretest- post-test design was utilized. Setting: The study was carried out at family planning clinic in the obstetrics and gynaecology department, Sohag University /Egypt. Sample: A convenient sample of 100 women was involved. Data collection tools: Three tools were used to collect data: Tool (I) Women's personal data questionnaire, Tool (II) Women's knowledge questionnaire regarding vasectomy, Tool (III) Women's attitude and acceptance scale. Results: There was a highly statistical significant difference between pre and post total knowledge , attitude and acceptance scores of women to use vasectomy with  P <0.001. Conclusion: The counselling programme had a significant positive effect on women's knowledge, attitude, and acceptance, as evidenced by an increase in total mean scores in post-tests compared to pre-test mean scores. Recommendations: Community awareness campaigns  via all types of multimedia to provide accurate information about the vasectomy is highly recommended to increase awareness and dispel myths about vasectomy  &raise vasectomy acceptance.

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10.21608/ejhc.2023.331155

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Vasectomy, counselling, Knowledge, Attitude, acceptance, Women

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Ahmed Galal Atia

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Lecturer of Maternity, Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt

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Fatma

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Ahmed Mohammed Sabry

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Lecturer of Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt

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Atef Osman

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lecturer of Women Health and Obstetrics Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt

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Lamiaa

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Saad Abdallah

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lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt

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Zainab

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Abd El-Rahim Ali Mohamed

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Lecturer of Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt

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14

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4

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43871

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2023-12-01

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2023-12-19

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2023-12-01

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688

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698

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Effect of Vasectomy Counselling Program on Women's Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance.

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24 Dec 2024