Introduction: Postpartum period which contains important changes in the woman's and newborn's life, WHO recommends monitoring the mother and newborn in health care system, encouraging breastfeeding, monitoring the newborn's development, and supporting and empowering parents about newborn care. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify postpartum mothers' readiness for hospital discharge and the affecting factors. Method and material: The study was conducted with 190 mothers who gave birth between May and July, 2014 in a Maternity and Children Hospital located in Mersin. The data were collected through the Identification Form developed by the researcher in line with the related literature and Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale-Postpartum Mother Form (RHDS-PMF). Results: Of all the participants, 84.7% were ready for discharge, 69.4% received information from midwives or nurses about their own care, and 68.7% received information about the baby's care. Mean scores for the participants' Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale was found 50.4712.16 for Personal State, 45.0812.33 for Knowledge, 21.075.68 for Ability, 28.13 8.91 for Expected Support and 144.7630.15 for total score. The scores were found to be significantly higher for mothers who reported to be ready for discharge, who stated to have received information about their own care and the baby's care, who were multiparous, and who would receive support for their care and the baby's care after hospital discharge (p<0.05). Conclusion: Majority of the participants in this study were found to be ready for hospital discharge and factors affecting readiness for hospital discharge were identifed as informing mothers about their care and the baby's care after delivery, mothers' being multiparous, and receiving support about their care and the baby's care after hospital discharge.

Objective: An important factor in the protection of women from gynecological cancers is awareness. Increasing awareness of gynecological cancer is important in terms of early diagnosis of the disease, treatment and reduction of mortality. The research was conducted to determine the gynecological cancer awareness of women of reproductive age and postmenopausal period. Methods: The study, designed as a descriptive cross-sectional type, was conducted with women who were admitted to a state hospital in Çankırı between October 2019 and February 2020. The sample consisted of 339 women who met the inclusion criteria. At the data collection stage, the 'Participant Information Form' and 'Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale', which includes sociodemographic obstetric and general health characteristics (age, marital status, education, number of pregnancy, genital cancer history, sexual disease history) '' used. SPSS 21.0 (Statistical packet for Social Sciences for Windows) package program was used for the analysis of the data obtained from the study. Results: In the study, it was determined that women in the age group of 36-50, working, with 1-3 pregnancies and children, using oral contraceptives and having ideas about whether gynecological cancers can be prevented, had higher Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale mean scores. It was determined that the gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale total mean scores were higher in women of reproductive age (150.7±20.6) compared to women in the postmenopausal period (144.4±18.5), and the difference between them was statistically significant (p <0.05). Conclusion: According to the research results; In women, factors such as education, number of pregnancies, number of births, family planning used and being in reproductive age affect gynecological cancer awareness. Postmenopausal women need information about gynecological cancer awareness.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı doğum sonu dönemde annelerin yaşadığı stresin emzirme öz-yeterliliğe etkisini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma analitik ve kesitsel tiptedir. Araştırmanın verileri bir devlet hastanesinin çocuk polikliniklerinde Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği (DSSÖ), Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği (EÖÖ) ve araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan Katılımcı Bilgi Formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışma 148 anne ile tamamlanmıştır. Katılımcıların Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği puan ortalamaları 21-34 yaş aralığında, üniversite mezunu olan, çalışıp şuan ücretsiz izinde olan, gelir düzeyi iyi olan, çekirdek ailede yaşayan, eşi üniversite mezunu olan ve eşi çalışmayan kadınlarda daha yüksektir. Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği puan ortalamalarına bakıldığında ise primigravidalarda, abortusu olanlarda ve 3 ve üzeri yaşayan çocuğu olan, gebeliği planlı olmayanlarda, normal doğum yapanlarda, bebeği 36 hafta ve altında doğan kadınlarda daha yüksek saptanmıştır (p<0,05). Çalışmada gebelerin Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği puan ortalamalarının 18,33±5,92 ve Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği puan ortalamalarının 54,56±11,20 olduğu belirlenmiştir. Kadınların Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği ve Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği puanları arasında negatif yönde zayıf bir ilişki bulunmuştur (r= -0,225; p= 0,006). Sonuç: Çalışmada normal doğum yapan, doğum sonu stres düzeyi az olan annelerin emzirme öz-yeterlilik puanı daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Sağlıklı ve yeterli bir emzirme süreci için annelerin stres düzeyinin belirlenmesi, strese müdahale edilmesi ve normal doğuma özendirilmesi önerilmektedir.