Employment and education of women and their family planning practices

The aim of this study is to assess contraceptive use among employed and non-employed women and to explore the relationship between education as well as aspects related to women's employment and family planning practice. A sample of 120 married women in their reproductive age and having children was randomly selected. Half of them were employed and the other half were housewives. A specially validated interview schedule was developed and used for data collection. The results of this study revealed no significant difference between the mean age of employed and non-employed women. Employed women were significantly better educated and had lesser number of children than housewives. Although a non-significant difference was observed between the employed and non-employed women in relation to contraceptive use, yet 80% of the employed women were current users compared with 66.7% of the housewives. Moreover, employed women were more likely to use modern methods than non- employed. Husbands of employed women contributed more actively in households activities and child care than those of non-employed. The results also revealed that employed women had more active role in financial decisions. They also had more privileges in family affairs

extent to which maternal nurses meet the expectations of post partum mothers

This study was done to explore the expectations of postpartum mothers from nurses and the extent to which nurses meet these expectations. A random sample of 300 postpartum mothers who delivered in three different maternity hospitals were selected. Two tools were used for data collection. The first one was an open ended questionnaire and was concerned with identifying the expectations of mothers. It was used with 150 mothers. The second tool was a checklist that contained the items identified by using the first tool. It was concerned with exploring the extent to which nurses perform the identified functions. The study revealed that postpartum mothers expect nurses to be willing to help them, have good communication skills, technically and educate them things related to health. It also revealed a discrepancy between the expectations of mothers and the actual performance of nurses

Whom does the Egyptian mother prefer to be with during their labour and delivery

This study was done to explore whether or not Egyptian women would like to have their husbands with them during labor and delivery. A random sample of 250 pregnant women was interviewed according to a predesigned interview schedule. These were attendants of five different antenatal clinics. The results of the study indicated that only 20.8% of the sample identified their husbands as their support person. The rest wanted to be accompanied during labour and delivery by their mothers, sisters or other females. Those who identified their husbands were predominantly the educated and the working women

effect of two nursing interventions on the anxiety level of mothers of preterm babies

The impact of two different nursing interventions on the anxiety level of mothers of premature babies during the early post-partum period was studied. They were divided into one control group and two experimental groups. The anxiety level was assessed for all of them on admission of their babies to the premature unit and on their discharge

Assessment of the personality traits of infertile and fertile Egyptian females

The personality of infertile and fertile Egyptian females and the relationship between the traits of certain characteristics were studied. A random sample of 100 infertile women and 100 fertile women as controls were interviewed. The personality traits of both groups were assessed through the middle sex inventory