Factors affecting on fertility behavior from the perspective of professionals: A qualitative study

authors:

avatar zohreh Abbasi , avatar Zohreh Keshavarz , * , avatar Mohammad Jalal Abbasi- Shavazi , avatar Abbas Ebadi

Koomesh: Vol.21, issue 1; 155-163
published online: March 01, 2019
article type: Research Article
received: May 01, 2017
accepted: July 01, 2018

how to cite: Abbasi Z, Keshavarz Z , Abbasi- Shavazi M J, Ebadi A. Factors affecting on fertility behavior from the perspective of professionals: A qualitative study. koomesh. 2019;21(1):e153052. 

Abstract

Introduction: Fertility is responsible for the biological survival of the community. Therefore awareness of the fertility behaviors and the reasons for choosing these behaviors is very important. This study was designed to explain the factors influencing behavioral thinking from the viewpoint of specialists in the year 2016. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was carried out by content analysis method and with an analytical approach and an individual interview for collecting the views of the reproductive health and nursing staff and a group of well-educated women in northern Khorasan with different specializations at Bent Alhadi Hospital and Nursing Midwifery School and the province;#39s advertising site and was conducted in relation to the factors influencing behavior. The duration of each interview was between 30-45 minutes and also was saturated with 40 people. To analyze the qualitative data, MAXQDA10 software was used. Results: The process of data analysis led to the emergence of two main categories including the underlying factors (welfare and access, social activities, women;#39s independence and authority, ethnic-religious factors, government incentive packages, the impact of cyberspace, the situation health Community),  and Individual factors including( reproductive health behavior, self-supporting, fertility desires of couples, couples sexual preferences, constraints childbearing, child and maternal health concerns). Considerably, some of them can be placed in both social and individual domains. Conclusion: Since fertility behavior as the most important phenomenon of population fluctuations is a multifactorial phenomenon and a wide variety of economic, social, and cultural factors influence on fertility through a complex mechanisms, therefore,  it will be effective to identify the factors affecting fertility behavior and it seeks to provide appropriate policy with different views and different cultures in the country.  

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