The Effect of Communication Skills of The Midwives Working for Basic Health Services on Their Status Relating to Training People About Health

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Objective: This research was carried out to examine the communication skills of midwives working in primary health care. Method: This descriptive study was conducted between 01.03.2008-01.05.2008 dates at 6 health centers in the Ordu city center and a family planning center. Research was conducted with 100 midwives. Data Personal Information Form and Communication Skills Inventory was collected through. At evaluation of the data were used t test, and correlation analysis, non-normal distribution of data in the analysis with the Mann- Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test. Results: Midwives in primary health care average working time for 14 years. 71% of midwives always made health education, communication-related information has received 53%, 75.5% in a special course-related information received from the communication has been identified. 62% of midwives were noted having communication-related problems while public health education. Always make health education and communication skills of midwives who were found to be better (p 0.001). Communication-related fields of information communication skills of midwives were found to be higher than the non-received. Conclusion: : In this research, health education is always the occasional communication skills of the midwives were found to be higher than the lenders

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Communication , heatlh education , pirimary health care

Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences

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Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences