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Background:Beliefs and knowledge about sexuality affect sexual life related dynamics in postpartum period. This study was conducted in order to determine postpartum women's knowledge and beliefs about sexuality. Materials and Methods: The study had a descriptive, cross-sectional design. The study sample consisted of 400 women who gave birth in Antalya, Turkey. Data were collected with a data collection form developed by the researchers at face to face interviews. Results:The results of the study showed that 67% of women have right information about the restriction of sexual intercourse at postpartum period and the need of sexuality for women and 30.8% think that sexual intercourse should be resumed before 40 days. But it was determined that the sexual belief about dirtyness of postpartum women and necessity of waiting 40 days to resume sexual intercourse of the women were 88%. The proportion of women receiving information about sexuality at postpartum period were 50.8%. Women's myths about anal/oral intercourse were 67-75%. Conclusion: In conclusion, it was determined that women have lots of myths about postpartum sexuality and women's knowledge is insufficient. It can be recommended that knowledge and beliefs of postpartum women about sexuality should be evaluated and health care should be offered in accordance with their needs.

Objective: It is known that the birth type has important effects on women's postpartum comfort level. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of birth types on postpartum comfort levels, and to determine whether any of these birth types is superior to the others. Methods: The data for this descriptive study were obtained through a public hospital and a social media platform for 150 women (50 with vaginal birth, 50 with cesarean section, and 50 with vaginal birth after cesarean) between November 2017 and February 2018. The data were collected using a Personal Information Form and the Postpartum Comfort Scale. The data were analyzed via frequency, mean, standard deviation, chi square, Cronbach Alpha analysis, multivariate linear regression, and t test. Results: The women with vaginal birth after cesarean had significantly higher mean scores of Postpartum Comfort Scale total and subscale compared to women with vaginal birth or cesarean section (p = 0.000). This study indicated that women with vaginal birth after cesarean had the highest postpartum comfort levels compared to vaginal birth or cesarean section. Conclusion: It is thought that vaginal birth after cesarean should be supported by health care professionals because postpartum comfort is at the highest level for women who have had a vaginal delivery after cesarean section.

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Background and PurposeInvestigation of thoughts, experiences, and attitudes of nurse educators regarding theory-based research is important. Ultimately, nurse educators are the producers of nursing knowledge and providers of education. The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of nurse educators in selecting and using nursing theory to guide and inform the quality of their research.MethodsThis study has a descriptive phenomenological design, and the sample was comprised of nine nurse educators who had experience with theory-based research. The data were collected via in-depth personal interviews using a semi-structured survey form. The data were analyzed with content analysis as described by Graneheim and Lundman.ResultsFour themes emerged from the results of the study: “awareness of theory,” “meaning of theory-based research,” “harmony with the theory,” and “changing towards scholarship,” with 10 subthemes. It was determined that theory-based research helps nurse educators to improve themselves in academic and personal terms.Implications for PracticeAlthough the process of translating theory into research presents several challenges, all participants expressed that theory-based research contributed to their “theory advancing nursing science.”

It is very important that infants are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life and then that breastfeeding is continued until 2 years of age. In this study, we aimed to determine the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life following birth and the factors associated with continuation of exclusive breastfeeding. The study was a retrospective cohort study. The study population consists of infants born in Akdeniz University Hospital. Infants born between June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017 (n = 1402) were included in the sample. For analysis of data, descriptive statistics, χ 2 test, t test, and logistic regression test were employed. The rate of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months was 29.8%. Further analysis revealed that