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The Use of Counseling Standards in a Fertility Health Program From the Perspective of Clients



Farajzadegan Z1 ; Ashtari N2 ; Manzouri L3 ; Loghmani A4
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  1. 1. Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. School of Medicine AND Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Fertility Health and Family Planning Unit, Provincial Health Center, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine AND Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Journal of Isfahan Medical School Published:2013

Abstract

Background: Using counseling standards by fertility health counselors is necessary in achieving the goals of every fertility health and family planning program. The current study investigated the implementation of counseling standards by counselors from the viewpoint of fertility health clients in Isfahan, Iran during 2011. Methods: This study was conducted on 236 randomly-selected clients of the fertility health program in 20 counseling centers in Isfahan. The counseling standard questionnaire (designed based on a checklist provided by the Iranian Ministry of Health) was used to collect data. Statistical analyses were performed using analysis of variance, chi-square test, and t-tests in SPSS16. Findings: Most clients ranked verbal and non-verbal communication, counseling conditions, selection of contraceptive method, and describing the importance of fertility health as satisfactory. In contrast, correcting the wrong beliefs of clients about the contraceptive methods and helping them choose the right decision were less satisfactory according to the standards. Conclusion: The use of counseling standards in the studied health fertility program was mostly ranked as satisfactory. Nevertheless, improvement of some qualitative domains of counseling seems necessary.
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