Background: Family planning (FP) is important to ensure the wellbeing of mothers and children. There are various facilitators and barriers towards a successful FP program. In the health district of Petaling (PKD Petaling), the uptake of FP is not optimum. However, local data are scarce to pinpoint the reasons. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) level among the potential FP recipients and its associated factors. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires was conducted at six health clinics in PKD Petaling from May-July 2017. Descriptive analysis with chi-square and logistic regression analysis were conducted to identify associated factors. Result: Majority of the 360 respondents were Malays (75.3%) and married (91.9%). The overall KAP was 80.3%, 71.9%, and 46.7%. OCP and condom were the two most recognised FP methods whereas OCP and Depo Provera were the most commonly used. Education level was associated with a good knowledge and positive attitude towards FP. The predictors of current FP usage included older age, having 4 or more children, good knowledge and attitude about FP. Conclusion: An effective FP programme require the identification and understanding of the various factors associated with the KAP level of FP to formulate appropriate improvement strategies. Based on the results, fear of side effects and husband's opposition were the most prominent reasons for not using contraception. Dissemination of accurate information, inclusion of husband in FP decision-making, continuous staff training to improve the counselling effectiveness are needed to improve the uptake of FP in PKD Petaling.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on nurses' practices concerning therapeutic communication.Methodology: A quasi experimental design was carried out at Karbala Center for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery, Imam Hussein Medical City and Al-Handia General Hospital for period 10th June 2017 to the 15th of August 2018. The program and instruments were constructed and developed by the researcher to measure the purpose of the study. Purposive sample comprised of (57) nurses were divided into two groups, study and control groups. The questionnaire consisted from two parts, first part is related to nurses' demographic characteristics and second part which include practices checklist (17) items concerning therapeutic communication. The analysis of data was performed through the application of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.Results: The results of the study showed that the effectiveness of educational program regarding nurses' practices for therapeutic communication is a positive. It also shows that there are highly significant differences in the study group between pre-and posttests overall (17) items related to nurse's practicesRecommendations: The study recommended that establishing new standard program for therapeutic communication suitable for cardiac care nurses in Iraq depending on standard program of foreign and Arabic countries and upon the results of this study. Also, the Ministry of Health should be approved competency of registered nurse in therapeutic communication which apply in overall world.

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