Students' Attitudes Towards Birth Decisions.

Dimitra Varnakioti, Kleanthi Gourounti, Antigoni Sarantaki
Author Information
  1. Dimitra Varnakioti: Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, Midwifery Department, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
  2. Kleanthi Gourounti: Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, Midwifery Department, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
  3. Antigoni Sarantaki: Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, Midwifery Department, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

Numerous approaches have been examined to reduce unnecessary cesarean sections. Recently, concerns regarding both the psychosocial and behavioral factors that affect birth decisions have been raised. Adolescents perceive conception, pregnancy, and birth as important aspects of sexual health education; however, they exhibit poor knowledge regarding the aforementioned concepts. To identify data that examine attitudes toward birth choices among adolescents and young adults. To indicate the necessity of educational interventions, among young populations, in order to provide positive attitudes towards birth choices. We reviewed PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar for research - and respective reference lists - published between 1997 and 2020. We found a total of 13 papers, all in English, that examined attitudes and beliefs toward birth options in young populations. Regardless of a recorded rise in the rates of cesarean sections, young students who are introduced into a medicalized birth culture report vaginal birth preference in a healthy future pregnancy. Future research must examine all circumstances and factors that influence the discrepant correlation of the aforementioned vaginal birth preference and the high rates of cesarean sections.

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