Information Package / Course Catalogue
Family Planning Counselling in Special Condition
Course Code: EBL254
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To provide the student with knowledge and skills about contraceptive methods, communication and counseling in order to provide family planning counseling to individuals with special conditions.

Course Content

Reproductive Health and Status of Family Planning in Turkey, Communication and counseling in family planning services, evaluation of the applicant, modern family planning methods, provision of family planning services in special cases.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to clearify the situation and importance of the family planning in Türkiye and in the world in frame of family planning-related politics.
2.To be able to provide appropriate method getting history prior to the councelling, and to be able to evaluate the applicant inclusively with physical and laboratory examinations.
3.To be able to describe the councelling, to say its importance and aim, to recognize the contribution of councelling to family planning services and to explain the councelling tips (general, method specific and follow-up) and explain their characteristics.
4.To recognize the contribution of counseling to family planning services and to be able to explain the types of counseling (general, method-specific, and follow-up) and their characteristics.
5.To have knowledge about family planning services to be offered to people with special conditions
6.Ability to provide family planning services to people with special circumstances
7.To have knowledge about family planning services in humanitarian settings.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Sağlık Bakanlığı (2009). Aile Planlaması Danışmanlığı Katılımcı Kitabı. T.C.Sağlık Bakanlığı Ana Çocuk Sağlığı ve Aile Planlaması Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara
2.Türkiye Nüfus ve Sağlık Araştırması (2018). Hacettepe Üniversitesi Nüfus Etütleri Enstitüsü.
3.Şirin, A., Kavlak, O. (2008). Kadın Sağlığı. İstanbul: Bedray Basın Yayıncılık Ltd.Şti.
4.Beji N.K. (2009). İnfertilite Hemşireliği, Acar Basım ve Cilt San. Tic. A.Ş., İstanbul
5.Sönmez MO, Turan Z. Üreme Sağlığı ve Aile Planlaması. Nobel, 2021.
6.Bal MD. Doğurganlığın Düzenlenmesi. Nobel, 2021.
7.Üreme Sağlığı Konusunda Tematik Analizler 1993-2018. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Nüfus Etütleri Enstitüsü, 2022.
8.Taşkın L. Doğum Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği. VIII. Baskı, Sistem Ofset Matbaacılık , Ankara, 2021.
9.World Health Organization Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/SRH) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs (CCP), Knowledge SUCCESS. Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers (2022 update). Baltimore and Geneva: CCP and WHO; 2022.
10.Birleşmiş Milletler Nüfus Fonu, Nüfus Üreme, Sağlığı ve Bin Yılın Kalkınma Hedefleri (2008) (www.unfpa.org.tr)
11.Scrot R. Essantials of Maternity, newborn and women’s health nursing, Lippincott, Williams&Wilkins, 2020.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Reproductive health and the situation of family planning in Türkiye, the politics related to family planning and their effects
Week 2 - Theoretical
Communication n Family Planning Services
Week 3 - Theoretical
Counselling n Family Planning Services
Week 4 - Theoretical
Modern family planning methods
Week 5 - Theoretical
Modern family planning methods
Week 6 - Theoretical
Evaluation of the applicant Family planning councelling
Week 7 - Theoretical
Evaluation of the applicant Family planning councelling
Week 8 - Theoretical
Family Planning Services for Migrants
Week 9 - Theoretical
Family Planning Services in Adolescents
Week 10 - Theoretical
Family Planning Services in the Perimenopausal Period
Week 11 - Theoretical
Family Planning Services for Men
Week 12 - Theoretical
Family Planning Services for People with Disabilities
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sexually Transmitted Infection Family Planning Services for Individuals with Sexually Transmitted Infections
Week 14 - Theoretical
Family Planning Services in the Postpartum and Post-Miscarriage Period
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination135136
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)99
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
4
5
OÇ-2
4
3
5
5
OÇ-3
4
3
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
3
2
3
OÇ-6
3
3
2
OÇ-7
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026