When evaluated with a consideration of the pelvic floor, this study is important in demonstrating that vaginal delivery and cesarean section do not differ except for a short period of time in terms of sexual functioning.

This cross-sectional study aimed to explore Turkish midwifery students' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and to investigate the factors affecting them. Data were collected from 271 students of the Midwifery Department of the High School of Health of a state university in the west of Turkey using the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. A significant difference was found between belief in the need for spiritual care and the practice of spiritual care during midwifery training and the total score on the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale, but no significant difference was found between the students' year of class, whether they had heard about spiritual care, and their state of knowledge concerning spiritual care. An increase in awareness, knowledge and skills relating to spirituality and spiritual care on the part of midwifery students, who are the midwives of the future, will allow students to provide spiritual care to their patients after they qualify. For this reason, the education program of midwifery students should be seen from a holistic standpoint in order to develop spiritual care.

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In the study, it was shown that there is a difference in the sexual problems of the women, depending on the religious and socio-cultural structure of the country they live in. For an effective case and training on sexuality,the norms and values of the society have to be understood in order to raise quality of lives and problem-free sexuality of pregnant women.

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it is required to strenghten the structures of midwifery training and education programmes in international scope and to train midwifery academists.

Objective: This study seeks to examine the professional organization status and expectations of midwives working in İzmir provincial centre. Methodology: This descriptive survey was conducted in three maternity hospitals in İzmir. It was completed with 131 midwives out of a total of 306 who could be accessed and agreed to fill out the questionnaire. A questionnaire consisting of 24 questions designed by the survey team was used in collecting data. Descriptive statistics were used in data analysis. Findings: The average age of midwives included in the survey was 35.98±6.04 and 57.6% of them have their service experience of 16 years or longer. 13.7% of participants have membership to the Association of Midwives; one-third want to join and 70% are either undecided or do not want to join. The main reason for not being member seems to be their lack of information about the existence of the association. 84% of midwives want the association to launch local branches. The common demand from the nationwide professional organization is for the protection of the rights and status of midwives. Conclusion: It is found that midwives working in maternity hospitals are not at desired level in terms of their membership to their national professional organization and they are short of information about national and international level organizations of midwives. Their major expectations from these organizations include the protection of their rights and status, revision in related legislation and giving weight to awareness building, promotion and scientific activities.

Bu sistematik incelemenin amacı, postpartum dönemde emzirme ile ilişkili mobil sağlık müdahalelerinin sistematik bir biçimde incelemesidir. Literatür taraması “PubMed, Wiley Online Library, Science Direct, Scopus ve ProQuest” veri tabanlarında, “tele-medicine, postpartum period ve breastfeeding” anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Bu sistematik incelemeye sırasıyla Pensilvanya (1), Bangladeş (1), İsrail (1), İran (1), ABD (1), Brezilya (1) ve Türkiye (1) olmak üzere toplam 7 çalışma dahil edilmiştir. 6 çalışmanın randomize kontrollü olduğu, 1 çalışmanın ise yarı deneysel çalışma olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu sistematik inceleme ile mobil temelli sağlık müdahalelerinin bazılarının emzirme desteği açısından etkili olduğu bazılarının ise yeterince etkili olmadığını sonucuna varılmıştır. Anne sağlığı ile ilgilenen tüm sağlık profesyonellerine doğum sonrası dönemde mobil temelli müdahaleleri kullanabileceğine ve uzaktan eğitim yönteminden yararlanarak kadınlara erişebileceğine yönelik bir öneri sunulabilir. Aynı zamanda mobil sağlık müdahalelerinin etkili olmama nedenlerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla derinlemesine araştırmaların planlanması da önerilebilmektedir.