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Examining the Attitude Towards Family Planning of Women with Disability in Turkey

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One of the factors which influences the reproductive health of women with disability is family planning (FP). An examination of the attitude of women with disability towards FP and of the factors which influence their attitude will guide the effective usage of FP services provided for women with disability. This defining research has been carried out in order to examine the attitude of women with disability aged between 18 and 49, to explore their attitudes towards FP and to look at the factors which affect these attitudes. The research sample consists of 108 women with disability who are registered at the Mersin disabled platform. A survey which was prepared by the researchers and the family planning attitude scale (FPAS) was used to collect data between 7 January and 21 June 2013. In the course of the research, it was identified that the average FPAS score of the women with disability is 116.72. According to the three subgroups of FPAS, the average score in society relating to FP is 51.68, the average score related to FP methods is 36.23 and the average score related to birth is 28.80. The difference between FPAS average scores which examine the attitude of women with disability towards FP and age, and the difference between subgroup average score relating to birth and the number of pregnancies are actuarially significant (p < 0.05). Women with disability have a positive attitude towards FP. In research it has been suggested that this result is to be thoroughly examined by investigating the factors affecting the attitude of women with disability towards FP with the help of qualitative methods.

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Reyyan Gürel has been working as a nurse in Ankara Pediatric Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital. Reyyan Gürel has been PhD student for 2 years in Gazi University Institute of Health Sciences. Reyyan Gürel declares that she has no conflict of interest. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duygu Vefikuluçay Yılmaz has been working as a lecturer in Mersin University School of Health. Duygu Vefikuluçay Yılmaz declares that she has no conflict of interest.

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Gürel, R., Yılmaz, D.V. Examining the Attitude Towards Family Planning of Women with Disability in Turkey. Sex Disabil 36, 265–275 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-018-9518-z

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