Showing papers by "Liliana Minelli published in 1989"

Knowledge and attitudes regarding family clinics on the part of women who use or do not use them

Abstract: Thanks to large civil participation and to the women's movement in 1975 a law has been approved that institutes family health clinics. This law is dedicated in particular to health and general services for women and to family planning. The Hygiene Department of University of Perugia has studied during this time: the family health clinics (FHC) activity in order to determine how well it is meeting the institutional aims. The knowledge and the attitudes of women with respect their use of FHC which have been projected onto the community. Health Education has a very important role because it is quite often basis for acceptance of FHC by women. The identification of all aspects of cultural resistance is very important. To this point a research project has been completed. The focal point of this research concerns women and their ability to profit from available information, as well as their attitudes and evaluation of the FCH. This study has been using a representative sample of Umbrian women, aged 16-50 ys old, at March 1987; the sampling method was of two stage. On the whole 1647 observations have been made by means of a mail questionnaire. The responders were very low (about 25%), so the results obtained must be considered with extreme caution. Generally there is a positive opinion on family health clinic: women are linked to a service of the community. They express satisfaction with the service. They express opinions on both positive and negative aspects. Even if the first approach is generally determined by a gynecological visit, the users redefine the service in a less ambulatory manner and into a more consultative one. In fact, users consider the FHC as a reference for women's problems. They underline the lack of sexual and health consulting service. There is demand for counseling for infancy problems, sterility, health education and sexual education. Even the non-users have a sufficiently clear idea of the family health clinics. Non-users view the FHC as a service for women's problems as well as relationship problems.