Johnson S M, Snow L F, Mayhew H E
J Fam Pract. 1978 Apr;6(4):855-62.
A study was designed to obtain information on the concerns, attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge that women have about reproduction in order to determine how these factors affect their ability to plan pregnancies. A clinical population was studied and in general found to be uninformed and misinformed about basic physiological facts relating to reproduction. Their lack of information or their misinformation about the menstrual cycle, safe time for intercourse, and contraception contributed to unwated pregnancies. They did not know enough to prevent pregnancy. The patients were aware of some deficits in their knowledge about reproduction and expressed a desire to learn more. This study suggests that individualized education may be necessary to break the pattern of unwanted pregnancies and the feelings of apathy and fatalism so common among low-income patients.
一项研究旨在获取有关女性在生殖方面的担忧、态度、信念和知识的信息，以确定这些因素如何影响她们计划怀孕的能力。对临床人群进行了研究，总体发现他们对与生殖相关的基本生理事实了解不足且存在错误认知。他们对月经周期、性交安全期和避孕方面缺乏信息或存在错误信息，导致了意外怀孕。他们没有足够的知识来预防怀孕。患者意识到自己在生殖知识方面存在一些不足，并表示希望了解更多。这项研究表明，可能需要进行个性化教育，以打破意外怀孕的模式以及低收入患者中常见的冷漠和宿命论情绪。
