Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 21, 2026

Characterize Disease-related Mutants of RAF Family Kinases by Using a Set of Practical and Feasible Methods
Published on: July 17, 2019
Attitude and practice of family planning methods among Roma women living in northern Turkey
Ilknur Aydin Avci1, Figen Cavusoglu1, Mesiya Aydin1
1Public Health Nursing of Department, Samsun Faculty of Health Science, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Objective:
This study aims to investigate the attitude and practice of family planning (FP) methods among Roma women living in northern Turkey.
Methods:
A total of 120 Roma women living in northern Turkey participated in this descriptive study. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The scale of FP attitude was used.
Results:
The mean age of participants was 28.9 ± 1.8. Among the participants, 37.5% (45/120) were primary school graduates, 70.8% (85/120) were unemployed, 73.4% (88/120) were in a consensual marriage and 94.2% (113/120) had children. The majority or 85.8% (103/120) of the participants stated that they used FP methods. Intrauterine device (57.4%, 69/120) and withdrawal method (22.3%, 27/120) were the most frequently used FP methods.
Conclusions:
The rates at which Roma women use FP were high. Their attitudes towards FP tended to be negative and the methods used were primarily related to females.
Related Concept Videos
Attitudes
Protein Families
Protein Families
Gene Families
Occasionally these regions can be adapted to take on new roles within the organism, becoming novel genes...
Gene Families
Family Therapy
Strategic Family Therapy
Strategic family therapy emphasizes resolving communication barriers and improving problem-solving abilities...

