Challenges of Premarital Education Program in Iran

Khalesi, Zahra Bostani; Simbar, Masoumeh

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“…The most important care was demonstrated to be “Postmarriage continuous care and counselling for sexual reproductive health problems” and then “Providing possibilities for examination and screening of male's and female's reproductive system disorders.” This study demonstrated a lack of continuity in marriage counselling services in the present health system. Although the present counselling services provide a good opportunity to increase couples’ knowledge about sexual health and rights but it is not responder to their postmarriage problems, questions and needs such as about their reproductive system (Bostani Khalesi & Simbar, 2017; Bostani Khalesi et al., 2015). In a study in eight countries, Hardy et al found that an empowering environment that includes specialized health services for young women and men and support services can reduce sexual abuse, violence, sexual dissatisfaction and communication problems (Hardee et al., 1999).…”

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Needs for a gender‐based perimarital couples’ counselling services in Iran

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Aim To assess needs for a gender‐sensitive perimarital counselling services in Iran. Design A descriptive cross‐sectional study. Methods This was a study on all 236 premarital counselling providers in 37 health centres in Shiraz‐Iran. The tools for data collection included the following: (a) a demographic information questionnaire and; (b) a valid and reliable Needs Assessment questionnaire for Gender‐Sensitive Perimarital Counseling Services (GSPCS) in 3 sections of needs for process, structure and policy making of the perimarital counselling services. Data were analysed using SPSS 21. Results All health providers with average working experience of 8.63 ( SD 5.35) years participated in the study. Results demonstrated highest scores for needs related to facilities as the structure of the services (90.09 SD 13.70 per cent) and community empowerment (89.50 SD 16.67 per cent) as the necessary policy for the gender‐sensitive services. We concluded that providing gender‐sensitive perimarital counselling healthcare services needs to reform the process, structure and policies of the services.

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“…The content of the counseling sessions was performed based on similar study[ 10 ] and the opinion of the research team [ Table 1 ].…”

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“…[ 8 ] Bostani Khalesi and Simber showed in their study that the young couple need some knowledge and skills which are not prepared in the current pre-marriage training program. [ 10 ] There are some significant gaps in sexual counseling, despite the efficient primary health-care system. [ 11 ] lack of knowledge may be lead to vaginismus.…”

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The effectiveness of sexual health group counseling based on cognitive behavioral therapy on sexual satisfaction of newly married women

Bokaie

Behzadpour

Farajkhoda

2021

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: The beginning of a marital relationship is very important as a part of a family relationship, and it satisfies many mental and physical necessities in a safe environment and has a great impact on people's health. The aims of this study were to investigate the effectiveness of sexual health counseling based on cognitive behavioral approach on satisfaction and excitability of newly married women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A randomized clinical trial study was conducted in 50 newly married women who referred to the health center of Jiroft City. They randomly divided into the intervention and the control groups. All of the participants completed Linda Berg's Sexual Satisfaction Scale before intervention, 8 weeks after intervention and 4 weeks later (follow-up). The interventional group participated in CBT (8 sessions, 90 min), but the control group received routine counseling. In all tests, a significance level of 0.05 was considered. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20. Descriptive test, t-test, and repeated measure test used to analyze data. RESULTS: In intervention group, sexual satisfaction was obtained 51.88 ± 12.27, 57.2 ± 12.88 and 62.76 ± 11.35 (P < 0.05) and in the control group was gotten 47.12 ± 9.6, 45.8 ± 8.07 and 43.48 ± 7.39 (P > 0.05) before intervention, 8 weeks after intervention and 4 weeks later (follow-up), respectively. In intervention group, sexual excitability was obtained 82.80 ± 17.24, 91.72 ± 13.07, and 99.28 ± 11.2 (P < 0.05) and in the control group was gotten 87.04 ± 12.99, 87.48 ± 11.64, and 81.96 ± 12.83 (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral counseling can help to improve the sexual satisfaction and excitability of the newly married and can be used to improve and promote women's sexual health.

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“…In many countries, there are pre-marital counseling programs for raising the levels of couples' knowledge regarding sexual health issues (17). After the approval of the National Plan in Iran in 1991, pre-marital counseling programs were held for all couples (18). Based on the studies on the quality of these programs, there was a need for reviewing and changing their structure (18,19).…”

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“…After the approval of the National Plan in Iran in 1991, pre-marital counseling programs were held for all couples (18). Based on the studies on the quality of these programs, there was a need for reviewing and changing their structure (18,19). The most important weaknesses of these training sessions include the insufficient content regarding sexuality education, the short duration of counseling sessions, the inadequacy of the educational environment, and teaching groups (18,20).…”

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Effect of Pre-marital Sexual Counseling on Self-efficacy and Sexual Function of Iranian Newlywed Women

Sheikhi¹,

Moghadam²,

Navidian³

2019

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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Objectives: Sexual health counseling and education are important parts of pre-marital counseling programs, which can play effective roles in the prevention of sexual dysfunction and an increase in marital satisfaction. In this regard, this study aimed to assess the effect of the pre-marital sexual counseling of couples on self-efficacy and sexual function among females who referred to pre-marital training courses in Zahedan, Iran. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 110 couples before marriage, who were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group was subjected to two 60-minute sexual counseling sessions whereas the control group received only the routine training in this regard. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21) using independent and dependent t tests. A P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In this study, the mean score of sexual self-efficacy within the intervention group decreased from 20.61±6.05 before attending the counseling sessions to 17.34±4.89 three months after the intervention. However, the mean score of sexual self-efficacy within the control group represented a decrease from 17.87±5.49 to 17.45±5.86. Moreover, mean changes in the sexual self-efficacy scores of females in the intervention and control groups were -3.27±1.16 and -0.42±0.37, respectively. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups regarding the mean score of the sexual self-efficacy of females after the intervention (P = 0.01). In addition, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of the mean score of sexual function among females (P = 0.0001). Conclusions: In summary, educational interventions and pre-marital counseling with regard to sexual health helped improve the marital relationships of couples.

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Challenges of Premarital Education Program in Iran

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Needs for a gender‐based perimarital couples’ counselling services in Iran

Needs for a gender‐based perimarital couples’ counselling services in Iran

The effectiveness of sexual health group counseling based on cognitive behavioral therapy on sexual satisfaction of newly married women

Effect of Pre-marital Sexual Counseling on Self-efficacy and Sexual Function of Iranian Newlywed Women

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