Educational needs of postpartum period in women referring to health care centers of Rafsanjan In 2008

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  Background and Objective: A major goal of nursing practice in the postpartum period is to provide nursing care that is culture specific and fits the health beliefs and cultural values but present evidences indicate many unmet needs in this period. Considering the importance of need assessment as the first and basic stage for programming education, this study was designed to assess postpartum mothers’ educational needs.   Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The subjects were selected by Quato sampling method among postpartum mothers who referred to Rafsanjan health centers. The related data were collected by researcher designed questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software.   Results: According to findings, the most educational needs among the 9 domains were psychology, family planning and sexual activity, reproductive health and religious activities respectively. From our subjects’ view the best time for teaching is during the pregnancy. Also, from the mothers’ point of views the best method for teaching is face to face, and primary and the best and basic informing sources for them was health centers’ stuffs.   Discussion: This study shows the problems of the current educational programs and shows the learning needs according to mothers’ point of views. It also specifies the best tune and the best method of education from mothers' news. Establishing retraining courses for stuffs to improve and update their information will ultimately help mothers and decrease their concerns in this critical period. Key words : educational needs, mothers, postpartum period

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