TY - JOUR T1 - Turkish men's views about male midwifery care: a cross-sectional study TT - Türk erkeklerinin erkek ebelik bakımı İle ilgili görüşleri: kesitsel bir çalışma AU - Demirezen, Esma AU - Tanrıverdi, Fatma Şule PY - 2025 DA - October Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.38053/acmj.1771044 JF - Anatolian Current Medical Journal JO - Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj PB - MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık WT - DergiPark SN - 2718-0115 SP - 828 EP - 833 VL - 7 IS - 6 LA - en AB - Aims: To determine Turkish men’s views about receiving male midwifery care for their wife, partner, or female relatives. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2022- April 2023 with 279 male volunteers, reached via a Google Form prepared in light of the literature by the researchers. Results: Average age was 31.5±11.0 years, 47.7% fathers, 66.7% have university degrees and more, 74.2% are not employees in the medical sector, and 44.4% do not know the presence of male midwives in Turkiye, 69.2% agree men can do midwifery, 53% do not want a male relative to be a midwife, 55.9% see a difference between a male gynecologist and a male midwife, 60.6% do not want his partner/relative to receive care from male midwife. In the higher-educated group, men are supporting men to be midwives. They are also willing to receive care from male gynecologist for their spouse/ relative. Stating no male midwife in Turkiye, requesting spouse/relative to receive care from a male doctor was found to be significantly higher in the healthcare worker group. Not wanting men to be midwives and their spouse/partner/relative to receive care from a male midwife was found to be high (p KW - Male KW - midwife KW - midwifery KW - culturally competent care N2 - Amaç: Türk erkeklerinin eş, partner yada kadın yakınlarının erkek ebeden bakım alma konusundaki görüşlerini almaktır.Yöntemler: Kesitsel tipteki çalışma Ağustos-Eylül 2023 arasında, çevrimiçi ortamda litertaür bilgileri ışığında oluşturulan Google form ile ulaşılan gönüllü 276 gönüllü erkek ile yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Grup 31.50±10.98 yaşında, % 47.67’si baba, %66.7’si üniversite ve üzerinde, %74,2’sinin mesleği sağlık alanı dışında, %44,4’ü Türkiye’de erkek ebe olup olmadığını bilmemekte, %69.2’si erkeklerin ebelik yapabileceğini, %53.0’ü erkek yakının ebe olmasını istemediğini, %55.9’u erkek kadın doğum doktoru ve erkek ebe arasında fark olduğunu, %60.6’sı eşi/partneri/yakınının erkek ebeden bakım almasını istemediği belirlendi. 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