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Gümüşhane University Journal of Health Sciences, 2023

This study was conducted to determine whether women's health literacy has an effect on breastfe... more This study was conducted to determine whether
women's health literacy has an effect on breastfeeding
and delivery.
The type of the study was cross-sectional and the
sample size was 318 women. Data were collected
using the “Descriptive Information Form” and “Adult
Health Literacy Scale (AHLS)”. Permission was
obtained from the ethics committee, district governor,
scale owner and women for our research. Numerical
and percentile distribution, Mann Whitney U test and
Kruskal-Wallis test were used in the statistical
analysis of the data.
The average age of women is 37.68±6.41 (min=25,
max=49). 96.9% of women are married and 51.9% of
them are primary school graduates. 24.2% of women
are primiparous and 75.8% are multiparous. The rate
of those who had a normal delivery was 46.5%, and
the rate of those who had a cesarean delivery was
53.5%. 45.0% of women stated that they received
breastfeeding training from a health personnel. The
women's total AHLS score was found to be
10.19±5.68. The ratio of women's total AHLS score to
the number of living children (p<0.001), miscarriage
(p=0.006), curettage (p=0.006), breastfeeding
education (p=0.000), and breastfeeding in the first
hour (p=0.000) significant difference was found. In
addition, there was no statistically significant
difference between the women's total AHLS score and
delivery type (p=0.482).
The results of the study showed that health literacy
in women had an effect on starting breastfeeding in
the first hour, but had no effect on the mode of
delivery.
Keywords: Type of delivery, Breastfeeding, Health
literac

Gümüşhane University Journal of Health Sciences, 2023

This study was conducted to determine whether women's health literacy has an effect on breastfe... more This study was conducted to determine whether
women's health literacy has an effect on breastfeeding
and delivery.
The type of the study was cross-sectional and the
sample size was 318 women. Data were collected
using the “Descriptive Information Form” and “Adult
Health Literacy Scale (AHLS)”. Permission was
obtained from the ethics committee, district governor,
scale owner and women for our research. Numerical
and percentile distribution, Mann Whitney U test and
Kruskal-Wallis test were used in the statistical
analysis of the data.
The average age of women is 37.68±6.41 (min=25,
max=49). 96.9% of women are married and 51.9% of
them are primary school graduates. 24.2% of women
are primiparous and 75.8% are multiparous. The rate
of those who had a normal delivery was 46.5%, and
the rate of those who had a cesarean delivery was
53.5%. 45.0% of women stated that they received
breastfeeding training from a health personnel. The
women's total AHLS score was found to be
10.19±5.68. The ratio of women's total AHLS score to
the number of living children (p<0.001), miscarriage
(p=0.006), curettage (p=0.006), breastfeeding
education (p=0.000), and breastfeeding in the first
hour (p=0.000) significant difference was found. In
addition, there was no statistically significant
difference between the women's total AHLS score and
delivery type (p=0.482).
The results of the study showed that health literacy
in women had an effect on starting breastfeeding in
the first hour, but had no effect on the mode of
delivery.
Keywords: Type of delivery, Breastfeeding, Health
literac