The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a home-based educational program on postpartum quality of life in puerperant women after caesarean delivery. The study was designed as a prospective, controlled, single-blinded study. It was conducted in a family health centre in Istanbul with 60 women, including 30 home-based educational group and 30 standard counselling as a control group woman who had a caesarean delivery. The study data were collected by using a questionnaire, namely, the Maternal Postpartum Quality of Life (MAPP-QOL) Tool. The mothers’s mean age was 29.55 years. The post- intervention means and standard deviations (SDs) in the total scores of the MAPP-QOL were 17.93 (SD: 1.09) and 19.27 (SD: 0.90) for the control and home-based education groups, respectively, and we found that the difference was statistically significant (p
OBJECTIVE:This systematic review aims to analyze the parenthood experiences of LGBT+ individuals. METHODS: The review was carried out between February and June 2020 and used key words about LGBT+ and/or parenthood, including, "lesbian and mother, " "lesbian and parenthood, " "gay and father, " "gay and parenthood, " and "trans and parenthood, " which were published in databases, such as PubMed, Google Academic, Wiley Online Library, and ScienceDirect. RESULTS: We reviewed 19 research articles, and the majority of these articles suggested that LGBT+s faced negative reactions and discrimination when they decided to become parents. Once they became parents, the relationship of most of the LGBT+ individuals with their partners and the surrounding social environment improved and social support for and self-esteem of the LGBT+ individuals increased. CONCLUSIONS: Compared to the heterosexual parents, LGBT+ individuals faced with various problems in their social, family, and professional lives during parenthood. Therefore, they need more family, legal, and social support.
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