Educational Needs of Fathers about Boys Puberty Period and Its Related Factors

Moosa Sajjadi; Mahdi Moshki; Abbasali Abasnezhad; Narjes Bahri

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Educational Needs of Fathers about Boys Puberty Period and Its Related Factors

Author(s):

Moosa Sajjadi¹,

Mahdi Moshki²,

Abbasali Abasnezhad³,

Narjes Bahri^4,*

1MSc of Nursing and PhD student of nursing, Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center ,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

2Assistant Professor, Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, School of Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

3MSc of Anesthesia, Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, School of Paramedicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

4MSc ofMidwifery, Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 14, issue 2; e93586

Published online:Dec 24, 2011

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jan 10, 2011

Accepted:Sep 09, 2011

How to Cite:Moosa SajjadiMahdi MoshkiAbbasali AbasnezhadNarjes BahriEducational Needs of Fathers about Boys Puberty Period and Its Related Factors.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.14(2):e93586.

Abstract

Background : The person in puberty period encounters multiple physical, psychological and social changes. With attention to the important role of parents about this, this study aims to determine the educational needs of fathers about boys puberty period.

Materials and Method: This is a cross-sectional and analytical study which was done on 324 subjects in Gonabad city in 2010. The instrument was a research-made questionnaire consisting of four parts: demographic data, to assess knowledge about puberty changes in boys, to assess attitude about behavioral changes and parents – adolescents' interaction and about physical and sexual health issues in adolescence. The data were analyzed by statistical software SPSS version 16 using qui-square, Kendall's tau and Pearson correlation test at the significance level of p<0.05.

Results: None of fathers had desirable knowledge. 60 (18.5%) of fathers had good opinion about psychological-behavioral health and communication with adolescence and 40 (12.3%) have good opinion on physical and sexual health issues of their children. Knowledge and attitude of fathers had a significant correlation with the father's education and occupation (p<0.001).

Conclusion: Based on the study results, parents seem to need necessary education in this subject so that they can help their children for healthy transition in this critical period. [ZJRMS, 2012 14(2): 66-70 ]

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