Attitude and practice of family planning methods among Roma women living in northern Turkey

Avcı, İlknur Aydın; Çavuşoğlu, Figen; Aydın, Mesiya; Altay, Birsen

doi:10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.01.002

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“…In a similar study on the use of family planning method, Guracho et al (2022) reported that the increase in the education level of women affects their decision-making ability about family planning [22]. On the other hand, in their study on Roma women, Avcı et al (2018) concluded that FPAS scores of Roma women who had lower educational level and unemployed were higher than those who had a higher educational level and unemployed [23]. In the literature, similarly, it was concluded that FPAS scores of employed women were higher than unemployed women [24].…”

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“…The score varies between 34 and 170. The scale has three subscales: attitudes of the society toward family planning (items 1-15); attitudes toward contraceptive methods (items [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]; and attitudes toward pregnancy (items [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. The Cronbach alpha value of the scale was reported as 0.90 [16].…”

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Family Planning Attitude in Turkish Culture: Relationship Between Experiencing Unintended Pregnancy, Receiving Counseling, and Accessing Methods

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International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

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Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine the frequency of married women using methods related to family planning and the factors associated with method use. Method: 400 women between the ages of 15 and 49 were a part of the research, which was carried out as a descriptive and relationship-seeking study. The family planning attitude scale and a personal information form were utilized in the data collection phase of the study, and data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS 25 program. Ethics committee permission and written consent from the participants were obtained for the habituation to take place. T-test, one-way variance, and multiple regression analyzes were used in the analysis of the data. Results: It was determined that the total mean score of the family planning attitude scale of the women was 133.49 ± 18.78, 67% of them used a modern family planning method, and 32.5% of them received counseling for family planning. It has been found that women's family planning attitudes are affected by age, income level, availability of family planning products and method selection reasons. It has been determined that the family planning attitude scale sub-dimensions of women who have experienced abortion/abortion have lower attitudes towards family planning and family planning method attitudes than women who have not experienced abortion/abortion. Conclusion: According to the research, women have positive attitudes regarding family planning, but not at the level that is ideal. More effectively delivering training and consulting services is crucial to fostering a good attitude toward family planning.

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Family Planning Attitude in Turkish Culture: Relationship Between Experiencing Unintended Pregnancy, Receiving Counseling, and Accessing Methods

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“…The most common health issue among them is respiratory disease. Gypsy women have also negative attitudes towards family planning program and are mostly not benefiting from these (Avci, Cavusoglu, Aydin, & Altay, 2018). They have a high level of anxiety and poor mental health compared to the general population (Öcek, Çiçeklioğlu, Yücel, & Özdemir, 2014).…”

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Pakistan ve Türkiye’deki Çingenelerin İstihdam Olanakları ve Sağlık Hizmetlerine Erişimi Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz

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2022

Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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Gypsies are an important ethnic group both in Pakistan and Turkey. They are in a more disadvantaged position as compared to other segments of society in areas such as housing, work, health, and education. In this study, employment opportunities and access to health services of gypsies living in Pakistan and Turkey are explored. The researchers delimited the study only to areas of employment and health sectors in both countries, with the aim to comparatively analyze the situation of Gypsies’ access to these services. In the study, qualitative research design and in-depth interview technique were used to collect data from respondents. The interviews were conducted with a total of 14 people (7 participants from Pakistan and 7 from Turkey respectively) including both male and female. According to the findings of the study, Gypsies both in Pakistan and Turkey are mostly excluded from employment opportunities and are pushed to work in informal sectors. Their access to health services is also very limited due to their housing conditions and active lifestyle. However, it has been observed that the conditions of Gypsies in Turkey were found better than the Pakistani ones in terms of employment opportunities and access to health services.

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Assessing disparities in health and living conditions: a comparative study of Hungarian-speaking Roma and non-Roma women across Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia

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BackgroundThe Roma minority, Europe’s largest ethnic minority, experiences significant disparities in living conditions and health outcomes compared to the non-Roma populations across the continent. Despite extensive documentation of the socio-economic challenges faced by the Roma, there is a notable lack of comparative research.MethodsThis study aims to fill this gap by examining the differences in socio-economic characteristics, living conditions, and self-reported health status between Roma (R) and non-Roma (nR) women in in Hungary (HU), Romania (RO), and Slovakia (SK), providing a cross-country comparative analysis. Utilizing simple and multiple binary logistic models, our research analysed data collected from September 2020 to March 2022, involving 322 Roma and 294 non-Roma women in Hungary, 258 Roma and 183 non-Roma women in Romania, and 146 Roma and 163 non-Roma women in Slovakia.ResultsFindings indicate significant associations between increased age (R:OR = 1.04[1.02,1.06], p < 0.001), (nR:OR = 1.04[1.02,1.05], p < 0.001) lower financial situation (R:OR = 2.05[1.01,4.18], p = 0.048) (nR:OR = 1.67[1.01,2.77], p = 0.047), and basic education level (R:OR = 3.60[1.29,10.08], p = 0.015) (nR:OR = 3.64[1.77,7.51], p < 0.001) with the likelihood of poor health status across both groups in Hungary. In Romania, increased age (OR = 1.04[1.02,1.06], p < 0.001) and basic education level (OR = 5.24[2.29,11.99], p < 0.001) were particularly predictive of poor health among non-Roma, while in Slovakia, age (OR = 1.05[1.02,1.07], p < 0.001) was a significant factor for Roma, and intermediate education level (OR = 2.68[1.16,6.20], p = 0.021) was for non-Roma. The study also found that a higher number of children (HU:OR = 1.35[1.12,1.63], p = 0.002), (RO:OR = 1.57[1.25,1.96], p < 0.001) and problems with housing comfort (RO:OR = 4.83[2.19,10.62], p = 0.015) and wall conditions (RO:OR = 2.81[1.22,6.46], p < 0.001) significantly impacted the health status of non-Roma women in Hungary and Romania. Conversely, an increase in household size was associated with a better health status among Roma women in Hungary (OR = 0.88[0.79,0.99]) and Slovakia (OR = 0.78[0.61,0.99]).ConclusionBy offering a novel comparative analysis, this study highlights the critical need for focused attention on the health disparities faced by Roma women, particularly those in a multiply disadvantaged situation due to their ethnic and socio-economic status.

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Attitude and practice of family planning methods among Roma women living in northern Turkey

Cited by 7 publications

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Family Planning Attitude in Turkish Culture: Relationship Between Experiencing Unintended Pregnancy, Receiving Counseling, and Accessing Methods

Family Planning Attitude in Turkish Culture: Relationship Between Experiencing Unintended Pregnancy, Receiving Counseling, and Accessing Methods

Pakistan ve Türkiye’deki Çingenelerin İstihdam Olanakları ve Sağlık Hizmetlerine Erişimi Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz

Assessing disparities in health and living conditions: a comparative study of Hungarian-speaking Roma and non-Roma women across Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia

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