Effects of Family Planning Education Given to Illiterate Women Via Visual Material Support

This study was conducted to determine the effects of family planning education given to married illiterate women of reproductive age via visual material support on their family planning attitudes and contraceptive preferences.in this study, it was aimed to provide education to married illiterate women of reproductive age using visual materials to change their FP-related attitudes in a positive direction and transform these attitudes into positive fertility behaviors. The hypotheses of the study were as follows: H1a: FP education given with visual materials increases positive attitudes toward FP in illiterate women. H1b: FP education given with visual materials affects the contraceptive preferences of illiterate women.

This study was conducted to determine the effects of family planning education given to married illiterate women of reproductive age via visual material support on their family planning attitudes and contraceptive preferences. Method: The randomized controlled study was carried out between 31 January and 31 July 2023. The sample of the study consisted of 148 women, including 74 in the experimental group and 74 in the control group. Using a Family Planning Education Booklet prepared for illiterate women, an education program lasting a week in total was held in three sessions. No intervention was made in the control group. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, a Family Planning Assessment Form, and the Family Planning Attitude Scale. No intervention was made in the control group. The same data collection instruments were administered to the participants in the control group simultaneously with the experimental group in the pretest (day 1) and posttest (day 7) phases.