Need of premarital care

Abstract

Background: Marriage is considered a remarkable event in an individual’s life. It provides people with a sense of belonging, support, security and responsibility. We put so much of efforts to find a good match for our younger and loved ones but we forget to match the most important wealth of our life “Health”. This study aimed to know the knowledge, attitude and practice of the population through a structured questionnaire.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire which was distributed to 110 males and 110 females attending Medicine and Gynae OPD at Safdarjung hospital, New Delhi. Participants were questioned according to the self administered questionnaire and their answers were evaluated.Results: Only 11% of males new of premarital counseling and none of the females were aware of premarital care. Contraception knowledge was also poor among females as 7% females new only I-Pill as the method of contraception. After knowing the importance of premarital counseling and screening 92% males and 52 % females agreed for premarital counseling and screening.Conclusions: Marriage provides people with a sense of belonging, support, security and responsibility. Premarital care nurtures it and fill its “Neev” with the goodness of health. Therefore, it is recommended that premarital care is important before every marriage for the happy and healthy family ahead.

THE EFFECT OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND BEHAVIOURS RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, STIs, AND HIV/AIDS IN NON-MEDICAL COMMUNITIES

“…A person's health behavior is closely related to his knowledge about it [21,22]. In research on the need for premarital care, in the form of premarital health examination services, decisions taken by a person are influenced by the level of knowledge about the impact of the decisions to be taken [23]. This is in line with the results of this study, where there were significant differences in general knowledge of reproduction, sexually transmitted diseases, premarital reproductive health examinations.…”

“…The results showed that there were significant differences in attitudes and behaviors of reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, and premarital health checks before and after the intervention video were given. This reflects the importance of reproductive health education in increasing knowledge and attitudes and behavior regarding reproductive health and premarital screening programs [23,24].…”

Analysis Attitude Brides and Grooms to Be Toward Premarital Hiv Testing

“…Sehingga preventif sedari dini sangat dibutuhkan salah satunya dengan melakukan pemeriksaan HIV pranikah untuk calon pengantin agar mengetahui status HIV nya positif atau negatif supaya bisa ditindaklanjuti dan memutuskan rantai penularannya (Bansiwal et al, 2017;Direktorat Promosi Kesehatan & Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, 2018;Ministry of Health -Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2019). Semakin terdeteksi secara dini calon pengantin yang positif HIV, maka diharapkan penularan terhadap pasangan atau yang lainnya dapat dicegah dengan mudah serta dilakukan pendampingan untuk pengobatan dan penularannya.. Namun sayangnya, persyaratan melakukan pemeriksaan HIV pranikah ini dilakukan calon pengantin hanya sebagai formalitas untuk melengkapi persyaratan menikah saja.…”

Sosialisasi Premarital Care Dalam Pencegahan Stunting Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Buaya

“…Prevalensi stunting lebih tinggi pada anak berusia 2 tahun dan berkurang dengan bertambahnya usia (Bansiwal et al, 2017).…”