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Occup Med Health Aff
ISSN: 2329-6879 OMHA, an open access journal
Health Congress 2017
October 16-17, 2017
October 16-17, 2017 Dubai, UAE
12
th
World Congress on
Industrial Health, Healthcare and Medical Tourism
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding eugenics among husbands and wives
Hemlata, Poonam Sheoran and Adiba Siddqui
Maharishi Markandeshwar University, India
Introduction:
Eugenics refers to the methods that are adopted by eligible couples for having physically and psychologically
healthy conception and pregnancy.
Objectives:
To assess and compare the knowledge, attitude and expressed practice regarding eugenics among husbands and
wives and to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude and expressed practices of husbands and wives and seek
relationship between knowledge, attitude and expressed practices of husbands and wives with selected demographic variables.
Methodology:
A quantitative non-experimental approach with descriptive comparative design was adopted and total 636
adults in reproductive age group with husbands (n=318) and wives (n=318) were selected by purposive sampling techniques
who were residing at selected area of north India. Structured knowledge questionnaire, structured 5-point attitude scale and
expressed practices checklist were used to collect data.
Results:
More number of husbands (61.94%) had below average knowledge as compare to wives (45.28%). Majority of husbands
(97.79%) and wives (95.91%) had moderately favorable attitude towards eugenics whereas only 2.20% of husbands and 4.08%
of wives had favorable attitude. More than half (59.25%) of husbands and 67.90% of wives followed non-traditional expressed
practices regarding eugenics. There was a significant difference in the knowledge, attitude and expressed practices of husbands
and wives regarding eugenics (P≤0.000). There was a significant moderate positive correlation between knowledge and attitude
of husbands (r=0.371, P≤0.000) and wives (r=0.370, P≤0.000). There was a weak negative correlation between attitude and
expressed practices scores of wives regarding eugenics (r=-0.176, P≤0.003). The knowledge, attitude and expressed practices
scores of husbands and wives were dependent on age, educational status and source of information regarding conception and
pregnancy.
Recommendations:
Study recommends educational intervention programs to enhance the knowledge, attitude and expressed
practices of eligible couples towards eugenics to enhance the mother and child health status.
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Biography
Hemlata is a Graduate Nurse and presently an MSc Nursing student in Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing Specialty at Maharishi Markandeshwar University,
India. Her research interest is in maternal and reproductive health.
hemlata19.sadhanu@gmail.comHemlata et al., Occup Med Health Aff 2017, 5:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879-C1-038