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Prevalence of candidiasis & Tricomoniasis infections and sexual Health behaviors in women Supported With selected health centers of Tabriz. Fahimeh sehhatie Shafaie . MidwiferyGroup,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

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  1. Prevalence of candidiasis & Tricomoniasis infections and sexual Health behaviors in women Supported With selected health centers of Tabriz FahimehsehhatieShafaie. MidwiferyGroup,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences AsiehNamazi, Midwifary Instructor, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Objectives Methods Results The prevalence of Candidia sis was 25.2% and Tricomoniasis was 9.2. The results about sexual Health behaviors questions showed that the majority of samples selected "Always" sentence and the minority of samples selected "Seldom" sentence, so majority of persons were in "Good" level of health (%67.3) and minority of persons were in "Weak" level of health (2.5%). Vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis include at least 90% of infectious vaginitis . Midwives have a primary role in vaginal health, not only in proper assessment and management, but also in prevention through patient education. The aim of this study was determining the prevalence of Candidia sis and Tricomoniasis infections and sexual Health behaviors in women supported with selected health centers of Tabriz. this is a descriptive and analytical study, in which 1000 women who had the specifications of investigation units were selected by random sampling of 12 selected health centers of Tabriz. A questionnaire was used to obtain their personal and sexual Health behaviors information .Check list for clinical observations and culture methods (sabura agar and diamond) for diagnose vaginal infections was used. Data were analyzed by using Spss Version 11.5, and frequency, mean and standard deviation, X2, Fisher exact test, t student were used to analyze. Conclusions By according to high prevalence of Candidia sis and Tricomoniasis infections and many infected women as asymptomatic carriers, it seems necessary to pay more attention to these infections, and more efforts should be done in order to begin prevention. Midwives and other health professionals can give more information about these infections and sexual health behaviors for improving their quality of life. References

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