مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Attitudes about Genital Hygiene of Individuals Living in One Town and Nine Villages East Black Sea Region

Abstract :

This study was carried out for determining attitudes to genital hygiene of individuals living in town and nine villages of township in East Black Sea Region. For this descriptive study, it was carried out 1658 individuals in the period December 2005-September 2006. A questionnaire form developed by the researchers was used as the data gathering tool. The data was evaluated with number, percentage, and average. Individuals were females 56.5%, males 43.5%, married 57.3%, and the mean age of study participants was 34.61±15.32. It was found that 97.5% of the females cleaned their genital area; methods of cleaning the genital areas of 39.9% of them were wrong and haphazard. It was found that 42.2% of females did not take a shower during menstruation periods and 49.7% of them were using cloth. 44.7% of males were pee sitting down. The individuals were use colour underwear (41.4%), clean hair in genital areas by a regular razor (61.0%), bathing every few days (56.8%), and sit-down bath (57.7%). It was found that 69.5% of them were request information. It is concluded that the individuals do not pay attention to genital hygiene and therefore that they require educational support. In this context, an education plan had been prepared and given to them by researchers.