title: Health education for pregnant women: the role of background characteristics.
abstract: This was a pilot study with the purpose of determining the effect of health education in enhancing the self-care agency of pregnant women and to define the role of their background characteristics in the success of this education. Subjects of this study were 30 pregnant women who visited a university hospital for check. The success of the given education was measured by pre- and post-tests that were applied before and after health education using "self-care agency scale". Data were evaluated according to t-test and variance analysis. After health education, the self-agency scores of the pregnant women increased significantly (P < 0.05). It was defined that pregnant women with the least self-care agency scores before health education, displayed the best progress after the education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, School of Nursing, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey. tpasin@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: Türkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pasinlioğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010298:Parity; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards; D014421:Turkey