Effect of Premarital counseling on knowledge of female adolescent

Abstract

Background: Premarital counseling is a worldwide activity aiming to diagnose, treat unrecognized disorders, and reduce transmission of diseases to couples.                            

Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of premarital counseling on knowledge of female adolescent. Subjects and Methods: Research Design: A quasi-experimental study design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted on Belbis nursing school Subjects: The study was conducted on a sample of 95 female. Tools of data collection: one tool was used in the present study. The first tool was a self-administered questionnaire to collect data about characteristics of the studied school students and their knowledge about premarital counselling. Results: The results of the present study revealed that 7.4% of the studied adolescent girls had good knowledge score pre-intervention compared with 75.8% post-intervention. Conclusion: the implementation of educational program was effective in improving knowledge scores of female adolescent for premarital counseling  Recommendation: the further researches are indicated to implement an analysis on the effect of premarital counseling outcomes, as well as the effect of the divorce rate after implementation of premarital counseling for further support the evidence of its effectiveness.