Attitude and practice of family planning methods among Roma women living in northern Turkey.
Ilknur Aydin Avci, Figen Cavusoglu, Mesiya Aydin and 1 others
PMID 31406798WHAT IT FOUND
Most Roma women in northern Turkey used family planning, mainly IUD or withdrawal, but attitudes tended negative.
Nurses can expect early marriage, many pregnancies and woman-centered methods; counseling should address beliefs about pregnancy and family planning.
Key findings
0185.8% of married Roma women used a family planning method; IUD was used by 57.4% and withdrawal by 22.3%.
02Most marriages happened before 18 years (73.3%), and mean age at first pregnancy was 17.3 ± 1.74.
03Non-educated women had higher scale scores on attitudes about society and family planning and attitudes about pregnancy than women with primary or secondary school education.
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What it does not show
Only 120 of 282 eligible women were analysed, and many eligible women did not participate, could not be reached, or had incomplete forms, so the sample may not represent all Roma women. The study was descriptive and correlational, so it cannot show that education, employment, marriage type, children, delivery mode, or family planning method caused attitudes or use. The authors say results can be generalised only to these women, and they come from one neighborhood in Samsun. Attitudes were measured with an attitude scale during in-person interviews, and some score interpretations are stated in the Discussion.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat high family planning use as evidence of positive attitudes or effective services. The study was descriptive and correlational, included only women from one area, and reported that attitudes tended negative, so it cannot show causation.