Introduction: Postpartum period which contains important changes in the woman's and newborn's life, WHO recommends monitoring the mother and newborn in health care system, encouraging breastfeeding, monitoring the newborn's development, and supporting and empowering parents about newborn care. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify postpartum mothers' readiness for hospital discharge and the affecting factors. Method and material: The study was conducted with 190 mothers who gave birth between May and July, 2014 in a Maternity and Children Hospital located in Mersin. The data were collected through the Identification Form developed by the researcher in line with the related literature and Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale-Postpartum Mother Form (RHDS-PMF). Results: Of all the participants, 84.7% were ready for discharge, 69.4% received information from midwives or nurses about their own care, and 68.7% received information about the baby's care. Mean scores for the participants' Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale was found 50.4712.16 for Personal State, 45.0812.33 for Knowledge, 21.075.68 for Ability, 28.13 8.91 for Expected Support and 144.7630.15 for total score. The scores were found to be significantly higher for mothers who reported to be ready for discharge, who stated to have received information about their own care and the baby's care, who were multiparous, and who would receive support for their care and the baby's care after hospital discharge (p<0.05). Conclusion: Majority of the participants in this study were found to be ready for hospital discharge and factors affecting readiness for hospital discharge were identifed as informing mothers about their care and the baby's care after delivery, mothers' being multiparous, and receiving support about their care and the baby's care after hospital discharge.

Objective: An important factor in the protection of women from gynecological cancers is awareness. Increasing awareness of gynecological cancer is important in terms of early diagnosis of the disease, treatment and reduction of mortality. The research was conducted to determine the gynecological cancer awareness of women of reproductive age and postmenopausal period. Methods: The study, designed as a descriptive cross-sectional type, was conducted with women who were admitted to a state hospital in Çankırı between October 2019 and February 2020. The sample consisted of 339 women who met the inclusion criteria. At the data collection stage, the 'Participant Information Form' and 'Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale', which includes sociodemographic obstetric and general health characteristics (age, marital status, education, number of pregnancy, genital cancer history, sexual disease history) '' used. SPSS 21.0 (Statistical packet for Social Sciences for Windows) package program was used for the analysis of the data obtained from the study. Results: In the study, it was determined that women in the age group of 36-50, working, with 1-3 pregnancies and children, using oral contraceptives and having ideas about whether gynecological cancers can be prevented, had higher Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale mean scores. It was determined that the gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale total mean scores were higher in women of reproductive age (150.7±20.6) compared to women in the postmenopausal period (144.4±18.5), and the difference between them was statistically significant (p <0.05). Conclusion: According to the research results; In women, factors such as education, number of pregnancies, number of births, family planning used and being in reproductive age affect gynecological cancer awareness. Postmenopausal women need information about gynecological cancer awareness.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı doğum sonu dönemde annelerin yaşadığı stresin emzirme öz-yeterliliğe etkisini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma analitik ve kesitsel tiptedir. Araştırmanın verileri bir devlet hastanesinin çocuk polikliniklerinde Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği (DSSÖ), Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği (EÖÖ) ve araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan Katılımcı Bilgi Formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışma 148 anne ile tamamlanmıştır. Katılımcıların Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği puan ortalamaları 21-34 yaş aralığında, üniversite mezunu olan, çalışıp şuan ücretsiz izinde olan, gelir düzeyi iyi olan, çekirdek ailede yaşayan, eşi üniversite mezunu olan ve eşi çalışmayan kadınlarda daha yüksektir. Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği puan ortalamalarına bakıldığında ise primigravidalarda, abortusu olanlarda ve 3 ve üzeri yaşayan çocuğu olan, gebeliği planlı olmayanlarda, normal doğum yapanlarda, bebeği 36 hafta ve altında doğan kadınlarda daha yüksek saptanmıştır (p<0,05). Çalışmada gebelerin Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği puan ortalamalarının 18,33±5,92 ve Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği puan ortalamalarının 54,56±11,20 olduğu belirlenmiştir. Kadınların Doğum Sonu Stres Ölçeği ve Emzirme Öz-yeterlilik Ölçeği puanları arasında negatif yönde zayıf bir ilişki bulunmuştur (r= -0,225; p= 0,006). Sonuç: Çalışmada normal doğum yapan, doğum sonu stres düzeyi az olan annelerin emzirme öz-yeterlilik puanı daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Sağlıklı ve yeterli bir emzirme süreci için annelerin stres düzeyinin belirlenmesi, strese müdahale edilmesi ve normal doğuma özendirilmesi önerilmektedir.

Objective: Cervical cancer which is the third leading cancer among females worldwide is one of the most common cancers with poor prognosis among females particularly in developing countries. This study was carried out as a descriptive study with the aim of determining the knowledge, attitudes and opinions of women about cervical cancer and HPV vaccine. Methods: The study was conducted with 186 women who applied to Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of Cankiri State Hospital due to gynecological reasons, who had not been previously diagnosed with cancer and who agreed for participation between October and December 2018. Data collection form included questions about the women's demographic, obstetric and gynecological histories, knowledge and attitudes toward cervical cancer and HPV vaccine. Results: Of the women included in the study, 41.4% were between ages 35 and 50, 52.2% were graduates of elementary school, 96.8% had social security and 74.7% were housewives. 48.9% of the women were detected to have knowledge about cervical cancer and the best-known protection method against cervical cancer (36.6%) was detected to be regular vaginal examination / pap-smear test. 16.1% of the women stated that they had heard of Human papilloma virus (HPV), of them, 80% (n:24 knew that HPV causes cervical cancer. Almost all women (93.0%) reported that they did not accept HPV vaccination for their daughters. The rate of being aware of cervical cancer, prevention methods, early diagnosis tests increased as the education level of women increased, and being volunteer for cervical smear sampling for screening purpose was found to be higher among women graduates of elementary school and above 35 years (p <0.05). Conclusion: Educations should be planned in order to increase the awareness of women about cancer prevention and HPV vaccine by taking the age and educational status of women into consideration.

Aim This multi‐centered, longitudinal, and prospective study aims to identify women's sexual functions, sexual quality of life, and depression and their relationships with each other in the pregnancy and postpartum periods. Methods The participating pregnant women (n = 113) were interviewed six times: once in each trimester, and once in the eighth week third month, and sixth month postpartum. This study was conducted in three regions of Turkey including Marmara, Mediterranean, and Central Anatolia regions. Data were collected through the “Socio‐demographic Form,” “Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI),” Sexual Quality of Life‐Female Questionnaire (SQLQ‐F), and “Center for Epidemiologic Studies‐Depression Scale (CES‐D).” While the first interviews were administered face to face, successive ones were administered via phone. Results The sexual dysfunction rates of the participants were found to be high in the pregnancy and postpartum periods, and their sexual quality of life, which decreased as the pregnancy months progressed, was found to increase significantly with the progress in the postpartum period. The sexual dysfunction increased and sexual quality of life decreased significantly with the increase in depression symptoms in the pregnancy and postpartum periods. When the depressive symptoms decreased especially in the sixth month postpartum, sexual quality of life was also found to increase. Conclusions As a result, in the pregnancy and postpartum periods, it is highly important to provide women with diagnosis through a holistic approach by creating available environments to assess their psychological health and sexual functions and refer them to the related physicians when necessary.

Objectives This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s reproductive health protective attitudes. Methods The study sample included 306 women and data were collected through a web-based, online questionnaire. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Determination of Married Women’s Reproductive Health Protective Attitudes Scale. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, ANOVA test were used to assess the data. Results The mean scores for Determination of Married Women's Reproductive Health Protective Attitudes Scale significantly differed in terms of education, employment status, income, health insurance and perceived health status (p < 0.05). A total of 69.3% of women had their first pregnancy at the agerange of 21–34 years, 17.6% of the women had four or more pregnancies, 55.6% of the women gave birth 1–3 times, 13.4% of the women gave birth at home and 57.8% of the women did not use modern family planning methods. A total of 23.2% of women experienced a problem with their reproductive organs during the pandemic, 70.6% of them did not present to a health center for their problems and 74.5% of these women did not present to a health center to avoid the risk of COVID-19 transmission. A total of 40.2% of women used the methods they already know at home to relieve their problems and 16.0% of the women used them edications previously prescribed by their doctors. Conclusion The pandemic negatively affects there productive health of women. In the COVID-19 pandemic, health policies should be planned in accordance with the continuation of reproductive health and sexual health services.