Women's preferences and experiences of birthing practices in Turkey: A cross-sectional study.

In this study, the aim was to evaluate the preferences and experiences interventions among women in Turkey. A total of 347 women who gave birth vaginally participated in this analytical cross-sectional study. Data were collected using the face-to-face interview technique in the clinic rooms within the first 24 hours after delivery, when the women's babies were asleep, allowing the mothers to comfortably answer the questions before discharge.

Investigation of factors affecting mothers' satisfaction with childbirth and the supportive care given to them during labor.

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting mothers' satisfaction with birth and the supportive care given to them during labor. The tools used to collect the data were the Scale for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction in Birth and Bryanton Adaptation of the Nursing Support in Labor Questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 352 mothers.

Postpartum Breastfeeding Practices and Attitudes in Parents: A Randomized Study to Evaluate the Effects of Individual and Group Breastfeeding Education of Mothers and Fathers.

Background Antenatal breastfeeding training is defined as the provision of breastfeeding information during pregnancy, which can be given in various ways, such as individual training and group training. The inclusion of fathers in this educational approach is associated with the initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and duration of breastfeeding. However, studies involving fathers are limited.

Practices of midwives working in delivery rooms for protection of perineum during intrapartum period and their feedback on these applications.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Perineal traumas occurring during labor are undesirable for both the midwives and the woman. Midwives and obstetricians could use different techniques to protect the perineum.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the practices of midwives working in the delivery room to protect the perineum during the second stage of labor.

Effects of the time of pregnant women's admission to the labor ward on the labor process and interventions.

Our aim to conduct the study was to investigate the effects of the time of pregnant women's admission to the labor ward on the labor process and interventions. This study is a two-group, prospective, analytical study. Groups were determined according to their cervical dilation levels.

Midwifery Students' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care: An Example from Western Turkey.

This cross-sectional study aimed to explore Turkish midwifery students' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and to investigate the factors affecting them. Data were collected from 271 students of the Midwifery Department of the High School of Health of a state university in the west of Turkey using the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. A significant difference was found between belief in the need for spiritual care and the practice of spiritual care during midwifery training and the total score on the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale, but no significant difference was found between the students' year of class, whether they had heard about spiritual care, and their state of knowledge concerning spiritual care.

Academic dishonesty among health science school students.

Background: Academic dishonesty has become a serious problem at institutions of higher learning.

Research Question: What is the frequency of academic dishonesty and what factors affect the tendency of dishonesty among Turkish health science school students?

Research Design: This descriptive and cross-sectional study aims to evaluate academic dishonesty among university nursing, midwifery, and dietetic students. Participants and research context: The study sample consisted of 499 health science students in Turkey.

Evaluation of the effects of ice massage applied to large intestine 4 (hegu) on postpartum pain during the active phase of labor.

Background: The uterus continues to contract after childbirth. The pain caused by the contractions of the uterus can be as severe as labor pain. The study was aimed to evaluate the effects of ice massage applied to the large intestine 4 (LI4) on postpartum pain during the active phase of labor.

Eating habits, knowledge about cancer prevention and the HPLP scale in Turkish adolescents.

Background: Nutritional status and healthy lifestyle are important factors not only in cancer etiology but also for prevention efforts. A good nutritional status contributes to a healthy life with high economic, social and cultural level. Unhealthy eating habits are part of risky behavior seen from adolescence.

Health promotion lifestyle and cancer screening behavior: a survey among academician women.

Breast self examination (BSE), screening mammography and Pap smear screening can significantly reduce mortality from breast and cervical cancer. In an effort to understand the factors that influence BSE, mammography, and Pap smear behavior of woman academicians, we here explored the relation between health promotion life-style and women's cancer screening practice. A total of 750 woman academicians working in a university were enrolled, 350 of them responding to the survey.