Investigation of Attitude of Female at the Stage of Marriage in Responsibility of Men in Reproductive Health in Shahroud

Marriage and establishing a family is one of the most important events of everyone's life, which is performed with knowledge, has significant personal and social effects on individuals. In recent years, premarital programs are considered important in order to promote the quality of married life. This study was carried out to determine attitude of women at the stage of marriage in Shahroud 1388. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 205 women referring to health centers in Shahroud during the years 2009. The data-gathering tool was a questionnaire containing 2 forms. The first form included demographic questions attitude questions were responsibility femals in 6 area including in fertility, family planning, sexual desease prevention (sexual health), household care, parenting and violence. Assessing was done pre and post counsultation marriage class. Descriptive statistics and analytic such as, χ2, willcoxon, were used for analyzing the data. Mean age of the females under study was 22. 91±3. 856 years. Mean of women attitude from 69. 20±8. 284 (before counsult) to 72. 8±9. 6 after invention (P<0. 05). Regarding data، it seems attitude should be improved in the field of reproductive health and specially emphasize on content and appropriate educational method in marriage class.