Publications by authors named "S B Ozvaris"
Article Synopsis
- Türkiye has more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees, many of whom faced challenges accessing reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- A study conducted from April to December 2021 surveyed 637 married Syrian refugee women in Ankara, finding a significant increase in missed antenatal and postpartum care, with a worrying number giving birth at home without professional support.
- The findings highlight the urgent need for policy changes and targeted interventions to improve access to reproductive health services for this vulnerable population.
Background: Improving health literacy has become one of the most important public health-related goals at the global level; however, there is no clear consensus on measurement of health literacy. Despite numerous health literacy scales available in Turkish, none of the existing scales was originally developed and validated at a national level.
Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a culturally appropriate original health literacy scale (HLS) to be used as a reference for the Turkish-speaking literate adult population in Turkey and abroad.
Abortion has been legal and safe in Turkey since 1983, but the unmet need for safe abortion services remains high. Many medical practitioners believe that the introduction of medical abortion would address this. However, since 2012 there has been political opposition to the provision of abortion services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroducing medical abortion in Turkey: perspectives of physicians.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
September 2012
Objective: To better understand the knowledge, attitudes, and perspectives on medical abortion (MA) held by physicians in Turkey.
Methods: The study was conducted in 4 provinces. Pretested, structured, self-administered questionnaires were answered by 187 obstetricians-gynecologists (ob-gyns) and 268 general physicians (GPs).