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  Background: Couples need to attain appropriate and exact information about various aspects of reproductive health in initiation of joint life. The aim of this study was to determine of effect of pre-marriage education and consultation on knowledge and attitude of couples regarding reproductive health.

  Methods: This quasi-experimental study was done on 250 couples participating in pre-marriage counseling classes in Zabol's Health Counseling Center in 2010. The sampling was performed by simple non-randomized method. The instrument for data collecting was a questionnaire consisting of 3 sections: demographic information, knowledge questions and attitude questions. This education plan was conducted by health professionals presented in the from of lecture regarding reproductive health. Then data were then analyzed by SPSS software and descriptive statistics such as pair T-Test, one-way variance analysis, independent T-Test and X^2.

  Results: Mean age of the participants was 21.78+3.89 years. Mean score of the participants' knowledge before presenting education was 5.85+ 2.44 which increased to 8.92+ 2.87 after education (p< 0.05). Mean score of attitude before education was 10.25+1.75 which increased to 11.12+1.71 after education (p< 0.05).The results also showed that the difference of mean of knowledge and attitude before and after intervention with variables such as sex job, and educational level was statistically significant(p< 0.05).

  Conclusion: Although pre-marriage education and consulting plan affects on knowledge and attitude of couples but this plan needs to be revised basically and the most important principle in quality promotion of this plans is selection of a comprehensive educational content based on educational need assessment and prime difficulties of couples in pre-marriage and dedication of more time for these classes.

 

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Introduction: Nowadays, EQ is of a high importance in the different aspects of people’s life. Specifically 80 percent of people's success in different stages of their life is related to their EQ and only 20% is related to their IQ. Marriage happiness, which could be affected by EQ, is a very important factor in this issue. Hence, this survey aims at the relation between EQ and marriage happiness. Methods: The method used in this survey is descriptive-analytic. All the 101828 married couples in Yazd city make the statistical population. Based on Morgan and Grajes table, 388 people were randomly selected using cluster sampling. Data were collected using two types of questionnaire, Shring’s EQ questionnaire and Inrich’s marriage happiness questionnaire. Descriptive and deductive statistics, such as Pearson correlation coefficient, were used for data analysis. Results: In this survey, 63.5% of subjects were female and 36.5% were male. Subjects’ level of education was from lower than diploma to higher than masters, of which, 50.5% had diploma or lower degrees. 49.5% were self employed. 43.6% were between 25 to 35 years old (the goup with the highest frequency). 61.6% have been married during the past 10 years. The results show that there is a meaningful relation between EQ and marriage happiness. There also exist a meaningful relation between the components of EQ (empathy, understanding emotions, self-control and social skills) and marriage happiness(P=0.01). In some cases, there was meaningful relation between demographic variables and EQ and marriage happiness, too. Conclusion: Since there exist meaningful relation between EQ and marriage happiness and some other variables, therefore, EQ improves and energizes family relations and is considered as an important factor. Therefore improving young peoples’ EQ, by training them, will improve their personal relationships and later will result in a happy marriage.

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Abstract Introduction:The purpose of the present study was to compare couples with traditional and non traditional marriages in Yazd city in terms of their marital adjustment, happiness, and desire to divorce. The research population consisted of all couples in Yazd city from which Methods:the research sample was drawn. This sample consisted of 240 subjects (including 130 cases of traditional and 110 cases of non-traditional marriages) who were selected through cluster random sampling. For the purposes of data collection, three sets of questionnaires including Locke-Wallas marital adjustment test, Oxford happiness questionnaire and the questionnaire developed by Zareii for desire to divorce were used.The present study followed a non-experimental vausal comparative(ex post facto) method. The obtained raw data were analyzed applying T tests. Results: The findings showed that there were differences between the means of traditionally and non traditionally married couples in terms of happiness and marital adjustment (i.e. higher levels of happiness in non traditional marriages and higher levels of marital adjustment in traditional marriages), but these differences were not significant (P>.05). However, there were significantly higher levels of desire to divorce in non-traditionally married couples compared to their traditionally married counterparts (P<.05). Further, considering gender as the focused variable, there were not any significant differences between men and women who had traditional marriages in terms of happiness, marital adjustment and desire to divorce. In addition, men and women who had non traditional marriages were not significantly different in terms of happiness and desire to divorce (P>.05). Yet, those men and women who had nontraditional marriages were significantly different in terms of marital adjustment in the sense that men had higher levels of marital adjustment in comparison with women. Conclusion: These findings indicate the necessity of premarital education for families especially those with young people who are on the verge of marriage.

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Introduction : Holding true premarital counseling courses helps to couples to acquire the necessary knowledge in the field of reproductive health issues. The aim of this study was determination of effect of pre-marriage counseling on knowledge and attitudes couple in Yazd.

Methods: This was an semi experimental and pre and post study In which 200 couples participating in premarital counseling courses were selected randomly. Finally, the data were analysed by SPSS18 software and t-test and ANOVA statistical tests.

Results: The data showen that  couples before attending in counseling courses have acquired respectively 37.6%  and 48.1%  and after training respectively 65.1% and 57.6% from knowledge and attitude scores. Also mean score of knowledge and attitude according to sex, education level and occupation were statistically significant (P≤0.05).

Conclusion: Considering to small change of attitude couples, it is suggested after counseling classes are given the opportunity into couple that express your questions privately. Also to achieve a relatively stable behavior in young couples and promoting their health levels, must besides holding training courses before marriage, pay more attention to the quality of these courses. 

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Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of demographic, social, economic and cultural factors on delaying the Birth of the first child in Meybod town. Spacing between marriage and the birth of the first child is a crucial factor in demographic planning.

Methods: The survey was research method and Information collected by the structured questionnaire. The study population was married women 15 to 49 years old in the city Meybod, and the sample population included 379 such women were selected with using of multi stage cluster random sampling.

Results: The results of the study show that there are a meaningful relationship between the variables of women’s tendency to pregnancy, kind of family, women’s age and duration of marriage, Education of women and their husbands, geographic origin of women, occupational status of women, and their type of marriage with the dependent variable the length of period from marriage to first child birth. Also, Results of multivariate regression shows that the Use of contraceptive, women’s marriage age, women’s geographic origin, Duration of marriage, Gender Equality and kind of family, Respectively, Have a major role in determining this spacing, and able to predict 34% of the variance in the dependent variable.

Conclusion: The results of this study and previous studies shows that in recent years, the space between marriage and birth of first child has increased and from the intensity of fertility is reduced. Overall, from the findings can be concluded that impact of demographic, social and cultural Condition on increase in delaying of the first child birth, and therefore the fertility decline of society is far more than economic conditions. So, to reduce the space between marriage and the birth of first child in the planning, should pay more attention to demographic and social-cultural Factors.

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The aim of this research was the considering of the impression of the positive couple-therapy on the increasing the life expectancy and marriage closeness of the normal women in Bafq. The way & kind of the quasi-experimental was pre-test –post-test with the group of control. The sample included thirty (30) people that were chosen to target . & were put on the two groups of experiment &control to random .each two groups on the level pre-test completed the life expectancy questionnaire of the Schneider and marriage closeness of the walker & tompson .Then, for the experiment al group is done eight session for two hours . About positive teaching. And finally, After execution, each two questionnaire was done by groups of experiment & control as post-test. For analysis of test data , was used the way of analysis statistical of covariance it showed that positive is effective on the increasing al life expectancy and marriage closeness. : Positive teaching , life expectancy , marriage closeness ,women.

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Introduction: Physical-motor injury is a type of injury that limits one or more of the basic activities of a person's life and prevents the physical and mental development of an individual. Therefore, men with this type of disability will face certain challenges and problems during their lifetime. One of the most important challenges is marriage and the choice of the spouse to support the emotional, psychological and physical aspects of the man. The aim of the present study is to explain the lived experiences and challenges of men with marital-related physical-motor injuries.
Methods: This research was carried out in a qualitative way, through the phenomenology of lived experiences, via a purposive sampling technique and in-depth interviews with 16 males with physical-motor injuries. The interviews were recorded, then recorded in transcripts and analyzed by Colaizzi's method.
Results: The findings of the lived experiences and challenges of men with physical-motor injuries were summarized in 6 main themes (occupational concerns, fear of disability in sexual relations, fear of rejection, therapeutic problems, religious beliefs, self-affirmation in life), and 20 sub-themes coded as subcategories of the main themes.
Conclusion: These findings can provide the necessary data for recognizing the main problems, concerns and challenges of men with physical-motor injuries in their marriage, and provide a platform for many professionals and authorities to provide services and supports for social rehabilitation of the physical-motor disabled.
 
 

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Introduction: health physical, mental and social young couples with health family is related fertility of new slip. Participation in premarital education and counseling program, may couple's first encounter with the health care system. service perception and satisfaction, will play an important role continuation of health service utilization.
Methods:This quasi-experimental study,before and after the 230 couples attending pre-marriage counseling classes during June to December 2016 premarital counseling center was down.The questionnaire was made based on the objectives of the study was designed and its validity and reliability was approved.The questionnaire consisted of demographic information, knowledge,attitude in three areas of was set up in two stages,before and after intervention training program and completed.Collected data using parametric and nonparametric statistical tests and meaningful outlets α = 0/05 were analyzed.
Results:The average age of the couples studied,22/97 ± 4/77 years was.Knowledge couple before and after the educational intervention,respectively 6/33 ± 3/89 and 15/37 ± 3/84 was. Attitudes of couples before and after the intervention to the 65/94 ± 8/92 and 76/56 ± 9/92 was.Average score of knowledge and attitude before and after the intervention in the areas of reproductive health, hereditary diseases and blood-borne and sexually showed statistically significant differences. (P = 0/000)
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, it is necessary to increase the couple's health literacy about the topics (Blood and sexually transmitted diseases, reproductive health and hereditary diseases) headlines and take the time to do a more comprehensive programming classes.
 
 

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Introduction: Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common causes of human parasitic infections and other warm-blooded vertebrates that has worldwide spread. The purpose of this study was to determine the mean level of Toxoplasmosis-related IgG, IgM in young couples at the time of marriage referring to Yazd Counseling Center 1396. Methods: In this study, 200 girls and boys were randomly selected to get married at Yazd Health Center. Samples were taken from both statistical populations to determine the presence of Toxoplasmosis infection and were evaluated with specific IgM and IgG antibody kits. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software. Results: Of the 200 girls and boys studied, 25 (25%) were positive for IgG and 75 (75%) negative. In IgM, 6 (6%) were positive and 94 (94%) were negative. IgM was positive in 4 (4%) and 96 (96%) negative in girls. In IgG, 12 (12%) positive and 88 (88%) negative in girls. There was no significant relationship between hair loss (0.614), job (0.470) level of education (p = 0.488), blood group (p = 0.618) and p = 0.663. Conclusions: Although there was no significant correlation between the main variables, namely keeping the cat, education in the lower educated groups had a domestic cat.

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Introduction: Among the threats that change the family structure are Introduction & Objective: Among the threats that change the family center;
مقدمه و هدف: از جمله تهدیداتی که کانون خانواده را تغییر می دهد.
Introduction: the threat that puts the family changed;
زمینه: یکی از تهدیدهایی که باعث تغییر خانواده می شود.
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early marriage and the phenomenon of child marriage. Early marriage and the phenomenon of child marriage.
ازدواج زودرس و پدیده ازدواج کودک.
The phenomenon of early marriage and child couples.
پدیده ازدواج زودرس و زوجین کودک.
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The World Health Organization considers early marriage as the marriage under the age of eighteen. The World Health Organization considers early marriage to be an early marriage.
سازمان بهداشت جهانی ازدواج زودرس را ازدواج زودرس می داند.
World Health Organization considers marriage below 18 years of early marriage.
سازمان بهداشت جهانی ازدواج را زیر 18 سال ازدواج زودرس می داند.
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Due to the importance of this issue, this study aimed to examine the causes and consequences of early marriage and the occurrence of child marriage in female students of Yazd province.
Method: This qualitative study was conducted based on the grounded theory. The research environment included all divorced female high school students in the academic year of 209-2010 in Yazd province. Of the participants and based on theoretical, targeted, and snowball sampling, in-depth semi-structural interviews were conducted on them and until the theoretical saturation was reached, 11 people were finally selected.
Result: The data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin method with three steps of open, axial, and selective coding. Finally, from open coding 550 initial concepts, from axial coding 27 categories, and finally 8 main categories were extracted. The main categories included lack of communication, irresponsibility, lack of marital intimacy, lack of socio-moral maturity, psychological turmoil, risks and consequences of divorce, academic challenges and interpersonal problems.
Conclusion: The results showed that early marriage has many disadvantages, including divorce. Communication problems were at the top of students' problems at the time of marriage. This lack of communication leads to problems, such as marital intimacy, interference of others, educational problems, and sometimes infidelity.
 

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Introduction: Among the ways to improve the culture and values of Islamic society in Iran is identifying and introducing important components of spouse selection. Understanding these components can lead to the selection of a suitable spouse and prevent common mistakes in this area. Therefore, the present study aims to examine educational components of spouse selection in Iranian society.
Methods: This qualitative study had an exploratory-descriptive nature and used the grounded theory and systematic Strauss and Corbin methods simultaneously to collect, execute, and analyze data. The research population included all family counselors, faculty members, and managers of counseling centers involved in marriage education and counseling in Yazd in 2022. Therefore, 32 participants were selected using purposive sampling as the research sample. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews which were recorded.
Results: The results of open coding showed that out of 254 extracted propositions, 27 concepts were obtained in the form of 11 categories. Through axial coding, 5 main components (awareness of the philosophy of marriage, smart selection, literacy about marriage, rational-emotional strategies, and valuable style of marriage) were identified by integrating and connecting the categories. Selective coding also presented its final theory by designing a paradigmatic framework in a diagrammatic form.
Conclusion: Identifying dimensions and components of spouse selection can facilitate the assessment and evaluation of young individuals on the brink of marriage by pre-marital counselors and couple therapists. This will help the young people make vital and important decisions in choosing a life partner.


 

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Introduction: Due to the lack and the continuation of low fertility in past decades, it is necessary to review the population policies of the country. In formulating or revising demographic policies, taking effective and timely measures to facilitate the process of marriage and family formation and encouraging young couples to have children is an important and unavoidable necessity in the current conditions of society. The purpose of the current research is to discover and analyze this issue in Yazd province, based on the opinion of elites and policy makers related to the issue.
Methods: This study was conducted using qualitative and grounded theory methods in 2014 in the city of Yazd. The participants in the research were 18 health officials and academic elites from the province. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview tool. Data analysis was conducted using both theoretical and free coding methods as well as central and selective coding techniques.
Results: The results showed that while the decision to have children is influenced by social and cultural contexts, it is primarily influenced by social policies.  57 sub-categories and 20 main sub-categories were extracted The themes of the research included rethinking marriage, postponing childbearing, the dangerous world of childlessness, dynamic policy making, family and child support policies. Also, the core category, the vacuum of dynamic, and efficient policy were calculated
Conclusion: The results of the research show that the issue of having children is related to other needs and necessities of the family, such as taking care of children and the economic needs of the family. For this reason, policymakers should support programs that help families in this field and bring some kind of psychological comfort to the family.