TY - JOUR T1 - Attitudes of Women and Men towards Contraceptive Methods and Affecting Factors TT - Kadınların ve Erkeklerin Gebelikten Koruyucu Yöntemlere Yönelik Tutumları ve Etkileyen Faktörler AU - Alkaş, Serap AU - Pelit Aksu, Sıdıka PY - 2025 DA - April Y2 - 2024 DO - 10.38108/ouhcd.1401583 JF - Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi JO - Ordu University J Nurs Stud PB - Ordu Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2667-6052 SP - 77 EP - 87 VL - 8 IS - 1 LA - en AB - Objective: This study aimed to determine the attitudes of women and men towards contraceptive methods and the factors affecting them.Method: The study was conducted in a descriptive and correlational, and it was conducted online on social networking websites. The sample of the study consisted of 541 people in total, 434 women and 107 men over the age of 18. Data were collected through a Personal Information Form and Contraceptive Attitude Questionnaire.Results: In our study, 80.2% of the participants were female and 19.8% were male. The most commonly known contraceptive methods among, respectively, women and men were condoms (74%, 70%) and oral contraceptives (67.3%, 53.3%). Women's attitudes towards contraceptive methods are more positive than men's (99.38±18.59, 91.48±20.23; p KW - Attitude KW - contraceptive method KW - Family planning KW - Men KW - Women N2 - Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, kadın ve erkeklerin gebelikten koruyucu yöntemlere yönelik tutumlarını ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir.Yöntem: Çalışma tanımlayıcı ve ilişkisel türde gerçekleştirilmiş olup sosyal paylaşım sitelerinde çevrimiçi olarak yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın örneklemini 18 yaş üstü 434 kadın ve 107 erkek olmak üzere toplam 541 kişi oluşturmuştur. Veriler, ‘’Kişisel Bilgi Formu’’ ve ‘’Gebelikten Koruyucu Yöntemlere İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği’’ aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmamızda katılımcıların %80.2'si kadın, %19.8'i erkektir. Kadın ve erkeklerde sırasıyla en fazla bilinen kontraseptif yöntemler kondom (%74, %70) ve oral kontraseptiflerdir (%67.3, %53.3). Kadınların gebeliği önleyici yöntemlere yönelik tutumları erkeklerinkinden daha olumludur (p CR - Adelekan A, Omoregie P, Edoni E. (2014). Male involvement in family planning: challenges and way forward. International Journal of Population Research. Article ID 416457, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/416457 CR - Aksu SP, Aksoy MU, Gurcuoglu EA, Erenel AS. (2022). Development and psychometric evaluation of the contraceptive attitude questionnaire. Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, 9(1), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnms.jnms_147_20 CR - Ankomah A, Anyanti J, Adebayo S, Giwa, A. (2013). 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