Health Promotion Model, Fertility Awareness, Preconception Knowledge and Attitude

The Effect of Education Given to Preconception Women in Line With the Health Promotion Model on Fertility Awareness, Preconception Knowledge and Attitude Levels

The effect of education given to preconceptional women in line with the health promotion model on fertility awareness, preconceptional knowledge and attitude levels

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will conducted with 206 women (intervention group n=103, control group n=103). It will consist of women between the ages of 18-35 who applied to the community health unit of Güneysınır District Health Directorate between Nov. 15, 2024-Mach 1, 2025.

Women who accept the research and are assigned to the intervention group will be given a five-day training to increase fertility awareness and preconceptional knowledge levels in line with the health promotion model. At the end of the fifth day, the Fertility Awareness Scale, Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale, and the Clinical Evaluation Form of the Health Promotion Plan for the Health Promotion Model will be applied to women who complete the training with a face-to-face interview technique. The women in the intervention group will be reached by phone at the end of the first and second months to remind them of their health promotion behaviors and to answer their questions and carry out follow-ups. At the end of the third month, women who have completed the training will be invited to the institution and the forms will be filled out again.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women between the ages of 18-35,
• Planning to get pregnant within a year,
• Literate,
• Can understand and speak Turkish,
• Agree to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who are pregnant,
• Women who are breastfeeding,
• Women who have been diagnosed with infertility,
• Women who have a history of chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, etc.),
• Women who have a sexually transmitted disease (HIV, HPV, etc.),
• Women who have a physical disability,
• Women who have a psychiatric disease,
• Women who have a history of gynecological disease.