Abstract Abstract Background: Contraceptives as IUD method can enhance women’s and public health, but may be terminated due to occurance of some problems as sexual problems and genital infection Aim: To assess self-care practices and sexual life pattern among copper IUD user at Assiut city. Methods: Descriptive research design was used, sample size convience sample involved 500 women IUD’s users, study was conducted at family planning outpatient clinic, Woman’s Health Hospital, and Qlta Maternal and Child Health Care center and Mabra Hospital, Eleman hosital Assiut, Egypt. Data was collected by using interview questionnaire. Results: Study shows that 67.6% of studied women have a satisfactory practices. Regarding sexual life pattern about 26% of women complain from differences in libido after using IUD, 24.4%, 21.2%, 23.6%, 20.0%, 26.8%, and 25.8 % of women have a difference in sexual desire, difficulty in vaginal wetting during cotius, difficultly reach orgasm, woman's don’t satisfied at the end of sexual relationship, husband don’t satisfied at the end of sexual relationship, and dysparenia respectivelly. Conclusion: IUD’s users had insufficient self care practices and there have some form of sexual pattern affected by using IUD as a contraceptive method. Recommendations: Educational program about self care practices and sexual pattern for IUD users should be provided. Counselling from health care provider about self care practice

Abstract Abstract Background: Contraceptives as IUD method can enhance women’s and public health, but may be terminated due to occurance of some problems as sexual problems and genital infection Aim: To assess self-care practices and sexual life pattern among copper IUD user at Assiut city. Methods: Descriptive research design was used, sample size convience sample involved 500 women IUD’s users, study was conducted at family planning outpatient clinic, Woman’s Health Hospital, and Qlta Maternal and Child Health Care center and Mabra Hospital, Eleman hosital Assiut, Egypt. Data was collected by using interview questionnaire. Results: Study shows that 67.6% of studied women have a satisfactory practices. Regarding sexual life pattern about 26% of women complain from differences in libido after using IUD, 24.4%, 21.2%, 23.6%, 20.0%, 26.8%, and 25.8 % of women have a difference in sexual desire, difficulty in vaginal wetting during cotius, difficultly reach orgasm, woman's don’t satisfied at the end of sexual relationship, husband don’t satisfied at the end of sexual relationship, and dysparenia respectivelly. Conclusion: IUD’s users had insufficient self care practices and there have some form of sexual pattern affected by using IUD as a contraceptive method. Recommendations: Educational program about self care practices and sexual pattern for IUD users should be provided. Counselling from health care provider about self care practice

Abstract Background: Postpartum hemorrhage is the major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide with the highest incidence in developing countries. Aims of the Study: effect of teaching program for nurses on preventive and therapeutic measures of postpartum hemorrhage. Setting: In woman's health university hospital at Assiut University. Design: A quasi experimental (pre/post – education program) has been used in this study. Sample: A convenient sample (100) from woman’s health hospital,. Tools: Self-administrative questionnaire has been used to collect data. (1) socio-demographic characteristics of nurses (2) assessment knowledge of nurses about preventive and therapeutic measures of PPH (pre education) (3) reassess knowledge of nurses about preventive and therapeutic measures of PPH (post educational program). Results: The findings summarized that one-third of them have excellent knowledge and improved after education to majority of them about 93% have excellent knowledge and less half of them 48% have poor knowledge before education and it improved after educational program implemented to 4%. Conclusion: Nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge regarding preventive and therapeutic measures of postpartum hemorrhage in the pre-test. The teaching program was successful increasing their knowledge. Recommendations: This study recommended that make plans for nurses on teaching about management of postpartum hemorrhage on periodic manner for increasing its knowledge and practice.

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