학술논문
‘임신 전 건강관리’에 대한 남녀 지식 비교
Gender-based Comparison of Knowledge on Preconception Care
Gender-based Comparison of Knowledge on Preconception Care
Document Type
Article
Author
이은주 / Eun Ju Lee; 신은지 / Eunji Shin; 손인숙 / In Sook Sohn; 황한성 / Han Sung Hwang; 홍순철 / Soon Cheol Hong; 안기훈 / Ki Hoon Ahn; 김영주 / Young Ju Kim; 박미혜 / Mi Hye Park; 이경주 / Kyung Ju Lee; 신종철 / Jong Chul Shin; 위정하 / Jeong Ha Wie; 곽영린 / Youngrin Kwag; 김은미 / Eun Mee Kim; 박은석 / Eunseok Park; 한정열 / Jung Yeol Han; 하은희 / Eun Hee Ha
Source
한국모자보건학회지 / JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH. Sep 30, 2018 22(3):172
Subject
Language
Korean
ISSN
1226-4652
Abstract
Background: There have been many voices highlighting the necessity of preconception care as a preventive approach to achieve better pregnancy outcomes for health promotion of mothers and babies. It is important to get preconception care for both men and women, as they play equally important roles for healthy pregnancy. Also, awareness and knowledge of men and women about their health are important factors for behavioral changes for preconception care. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of awareness about men and women’s preconception care and knowledge of the determinants of healthy pregnancy by gender. Our second goal was to compare men Methods: The participants were 500 males and females (aged over 19 years and under 49 years old) either living or working in Seoul city. The data collection period of the study was from July to December, 2017. An online survey was conducted using a panel of online vendors. Then the collected data were analyzed using SPSS 24.0. Results: Awareness about both men and women’s preconception care was significantly higher in women than in men (p=0.004, p=0.002). Furthermore, there was a significant difference between men and women (p=0.00) in the total score of knowledge on the determinants of preconception care, including smoking, alcohol drinking, age, folic acid intake, and check-up for infectious disease (p=0.00; means women 8.20±1.95 and men 7.27±2.38). Significant gender differences were also found on some items, such as men’s alcohol drinking, men’s age, men’s check-up for infectious disease, women’s intake of folic acid, women’s check-up for infectious disease. The level of knowledge on men’s folic acid intake was the lowest in both men and women. Conclusion: Based on the results on the analysis of gender differences in the awareness and knowledge about preconception care, it is necessary to develop and implement preconception care programs based on the gender perspective approach to make women and men equally share responsibility of the birth result.